Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Paulsen, Gary

In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.

The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue."

Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Published: 09/12/2000
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780440228387
Age Range: 12-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 20135 / Soldier's Heart

Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/09/2000 pg. 90
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 978

About the Author
Gary Paulsen is the author of more than 100 books.