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Shades of gray /

At the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Will, having lost all his immediate family, reluctantly leaves his city home to live in the Virginia countryside with his aunt and the uncle he considers a "traitor" because he refused to take part in the war.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reeder, Carolyn
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : London : Macmillan : Collier Macmillan, [1989]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Orphans > Fiction. Uncles > Fiction. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction. Conscientious objectors > Fiction. Virginia > Fiction.

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