"Keehn creates a number of vivid settings and original, believable characters, whose idiosyncrasies add texture and occasional humor to the story. A well-researched Civil War novel." ~ Booklist

"Besides presenting a lively historical/adventure story with a strong flavor of the Civil War period, the author portrays the terrible loss and pain of warfare, the insanity of bloodshed, and the common bond of all that suffer through it . . . . The age and sex of the main character and the vocabulary and sentence structure will make the novel especially appealing to younger teen girls."
~ VOYA

About the Book

Anna Sunday has just received possibly the worst news a twelve-year-old living in 1863 can: Her father, a Union soldier fighting in the Civil War, has been shot and is not expected to live.

But Anna doesn't believe this for a minute, and neither does her nine-year-old brother, Jed. They know all Pa needs is some apple dumplings and Anna's shoofly pie. All Pa needs is them, and they have to get to him--no matter what it takes.

But everyone knows a journey across Rebel lines is not safe--especially for a girl. So determined, Anna crops off her beautiful dark curls and vows to give up her dresses and her name until she finds her father and brings him safely home. Armed only with Samson--a horse that obeys Bible verse commands--an old hand-drawn map, rolled-up trousers, and a lot of faith, Anna Sunday sets off on an unforgettable journey to find her pa. Surprisingly, she discovers some things about herself as well.

In the tradition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Anna Sunday is a classic adventure full of humor, history, and most of all, heart.

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Praise for Anna Sunday:

"Anna's lively, first-person narrative and the novel's girl-in-disguise intrigue create not only an absorbing perspective of the Civil War's impact on the home front but also an understanding of 19th-century gender roles . . . . a well-paced coming-of-age story in which love and courage transcend war and politics." ~ School Library Journal