During the closing days of the Civil War, plucky 12-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail.-School Library Journal. Author's note.There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform. -Booklist | Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty, Paperback | Indigo Chapters