Sweet Child of Mine — Murray Pura

Other fathers are going to war but young Kitt Burns sees no reason why her father should have to join them. The two of them live in another country and she doesn't believe the American Civil War is their fight. But her father has his own reasons for bearing arms on behalf of the Union and he enlists and travels south, living Kitt in the care of an uncle and aunt. He promises before God that he will return to her. But as the war goes on and on and casualties mount, Kitt fears it's the one promise that her father will never be able to keep.
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Murray Pura is the bestselling author of dozens of prize-winning novels and short stories and nonfiction works, including The Rose of Lancaster County, The Painted Sky, Rooted, Streams, The Wings of Morning, and Ashton Park. He is also the editor of two series with HHP, Cry of Freedom and Blue Heaven. He currently makes his home near the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Alberta.
Micaela Pura has won two national poetry competitions for her writing and, as well as being class valedictorian, was honoured with her high school's Creative Writing Award upon her graduation. She is currently working towards an RN/BN degree and continues to pursue her artistic endeavours on the side.