"Published by arrangement with Macmillan Publishing Company"--Title page verso.
"An ALA Notable book"--Cover.
"RL: 4.9"--Title page verso.
Summary
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.