Barb Keltner's Reviews > The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

GREAT book about an orphan boy trying to catch up with his older brother who has been kidnapped and forcibly signed up as a soldier during the Civil War. Things do NOT go smoothly for Homer, which provides the humor and adventure promised in this book, but it was the up-close look at war that took my breath away, especially on page 186 when he makes a list of things he saw on the field of battle, including "men digging like dogs in the dirt to get away from the deadly hail of lead," "things too terrible to write, for fear the page will burn" and "things best forgot." (5th grade reading level)