Benjy’s best friend has been dead for over 100 years!

But that doesn’t stop Benjy from trying to help Hugh retrieve a family heirloom and restore his family’s honor.

Back in print! The 1995 winner of the Virginia State Reading Association Award returns, updated with new information about the New Market Battlefield, ready to enthrall a new generation of readers.

"A haunting fantasy about the Civil War." ~Horn Book

"Alphin has skillfully woven together fact, fiction, and emotion."  ~School Library Journal

"A strong sense of place and a southern sense of time

in which past and present sometimes seem to coexist."

~Booklist