Across Five Aprils, by author Irene Hunt, is a classic American novel of family relationships tested by the ravages of the Civil War. The novel features Jethro Creighton, youngest son of a rural Illinois farm family, who wrestles with his own understanding of the Civil War.
The novel is a coming-of-age story set in a very difficult time in American history. If you enjoy war stories, you will enjoy and be moved to tears by the Irene Hunt novel.