Hughes, Pat. Seeing the Elephant: A Story of the Civil War. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007.Seeing the Elephant is about a boy named Izzie who has two brothers, Cal and Ario who went to battle in the Civil War as a Yankee. Then his brother Cal got very sick he had to come home to get better. To make life easier, Izzie's aunt wants to take him to Washington D.C. where the injured soldiers go to get cared for. Izzie wants to go with his aunt to see the injured soldiers, but will his parents let him? This book is a true story with amazing pictures that help tell the story. If you like history and the civil war this book is for you.
Reviewed by A.F. 5th Grade, Bowling Green
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