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The Question and Answer section for Across Five Aprils is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Jethro was in awe of war... the stories he'd heard, stories of glory and parades. His mother, however, was sombered by the thought of impending war.
Jethro was not going to talk to his mother too much of either languages or wars, but he knew that,...
In the beginning of the novel, Jenny’s father doesn’t agree with a possible marriage between Shadrach and Jenny because he believes that she is too young to marry. Ironically, only a year later, not only does he bless the marriage between Shadrach...
Bill is hesitant to commit to either side. He does not support slavery in the South, and yet, he also considers the treatment of workers in the North to be very similar to the slave experience. In the end, Bill joins the Southern army.
Matthew...
