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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 3–6—Anne Ylvisaker continues her series about the Button clan. These loosely connected books feature different generations of the family across various historical periods. Here readers meet Ike, who is left behind when all his brothers, his father, and his uncle go off to fight for the Union in the Civil War. He desperately wants to find a way to sneak off and jo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Set in Civil War–era Iowa, this prequel to <i>The Luck of the Buttons</i> and <i>Button Down</i> introduces Ike, "Grandaddy" at eleven years old...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
