Christian FictionYoung Adult
I have seen him in the watchfires
2008·331 pages
Seventeen-year-old Robert navigates divided family loyalties during the Civil War while aiding the Underground Railroad and attempting a rescue behind enemy lines.
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Seventeen-year-old Robert navigates divided family loyalties during the Civil War while aiding the Underground Railroad and attempting a rescue behind enemy lines.
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Pa made me promise that whatever I decided, I'd stay at Laurelea to help Mr. Heath and the Henrys with the farm and the Underground Railroad, that I'd wait to enlist until I turned eighteen. "Then think long and hard," he said, "before you agree to shoot one of your countrymen--or kin--between the eyes." It was a promise I sometimes regretted, but kept true, until the spring of 1864, until the day Emily's letter came ... The bonds linking family and the lines separating enemies become blurred fo...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild romantic attachment to a cousin; clean, non-explicit treatment
Violence & gore
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Civil War peril, prison escape, injuries, and deaths without graphic gore
Profanity
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No profanity depicted
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA characters or themes depicted
Religious content
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Christian faith central to duty, moral choices, and character growth
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Civil War loyalties, North-South divides, and Underground Railroad themes
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Slavery and Underground Railroad context; wartime imprisonment and hardship
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