Bull Run (novel)

Bull Run is a historical novel for children by Paul Fleischman, published in 1993. It consists of sixteen monologues by participants in the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. The novel has won several awards.

Bull Run
AuthorPaul Fleischman
SubjectAmerican Civil War
GenreHistorical fiction
Set inUnited States

Summary

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Characters

Northerners: Lily Malloy, Gideon Adams, Dietrich Herz, James Dacy, Nathaniel Epp, General Irvin McDowell, A.B. Tilbury, Edmund Upwing, and Carlotta King

Southerners: Colonel Oliver Brattle, Shem Suggs, Toby Boyce, Virgil,

Awards

Bull Run won several awards, including the 2012 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and was named a Best Book by the School Library Journal, a Notable Children's Books by the American Library Association, and a Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English.


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