. . . . "Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War." . . . . . . . . . "Juvenile works" . "Across five Aprils" . . . . "History" . "Fiction" . "The historical novel, Across five Aprils, set at the time of the Civil War, chronicles the war as well as the story of a young boy's growing up. A sourcebook of activities and related readings accompanies this coming-of-age novel." . . "Across five April and related readings" . . "1861 - 1865" . . "Illinois" . .