Book review on Deanna Klingel's book

Book Review by Jan Parys
Avery’s Battlefield
By Deanna K. Klingel
Avery’s Battlefield is the story of a boy, a dog and their search for peace in the first years of the Civil War. This historical fiction book is for young adults but its facts and insights in the novel will be interesting to adults as well. Author Deanna Klingel has “notes” at the end of the book about “What’s True and What Isn’t” that shows her research delved even into the weather. Weather played an important role in the fourteen year old man’s travel from Kanawha Valley to Alexandria by foot. The battles, towns and events are true history and even some of the names such as the photographer, Matthew Brady, are real.
The Kanawha Valley became West Virginia and the Quakers who lived in it were the main characters in the story. The story told by Avery Bennett’s viewpoint makes it almost neutral. Avery and his dog, Gunner, are truly amazing and have knowledge and skill far above the average boy and dog. The book is about the years 1861-1862 and falls on the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. In September Ms. Klingel second book in the series, Avery’s Crossroad, will be available and may be bought from Amazon just as this book now can be. The adventures in this book are quite astounding and their solutions are very clever. The book is ideal for any young man to learn about history and natural health.
The people and subplots make the story move quickly and are educational at the same time. The educational aspect is slipped in among the story so the reader will learn and not even realize it is like a textbook. So many people don’t have fond memories of school and history so they don’t think they like history. Enjoyable books like Avery’s Battlefield help make history interesting and even exciting. The story is available on Kindle also for $2.99.