Ben really did not run away from home. He was still in the neighborhood, only it was 125 years earlier in time and the Battle of Gettysburg was about to begin! Ben learned that what he was seeing was not a television play, but his town at its most historic moment.

Fortunately, a local boy, Joseph, found Ben and made him his friend. Soon Ben learned that he was in the Civil War.

“An excellent historical/time travel novel that moves along at a good pace ... The first chapter could be used as a read-aloud for curriculum enhancement."

School Library Journal

"Many descriptions of everyday life to give young readers a sense of what life was like during the Civil War, for civilians as well as the military."

The Civil War Courier