Pat Hughes

• Aug-2003
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Matt Howard is old enough to join the Southern guerrillas and help protect Missouri from Union forces. But Matt would rather farm than fight. What's more, Matt's mother insists that the family take a neutral position. In Missouri's Civil War, armed m...

• Sep-2004
• / Historical
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The son of a wealthy Pennsylvania coal mine operator, Nate Tanner resents being shipped off to boarding school. Anger -- mainly  at his father and stepmother -- is what gets him there and what prevents him from making friends. Then, in the spring...

• Nov-2005
• / General Fiction
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NICKY TAG! NICKY TAG! All his life, crowds have been cheering for Nick Taglio. He's been skating since he could walk, scoring goals since he picked up a hockey stick. He's only a sophomore but he rules the ice, because Nicky Tag's a fighter. Which ...

• Sep-2007
• / Historical
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Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to "see the elephant"--soldier talk for going into battle for the first time. But it seems the closest Izzie will ever get to battle is ...