Sophie's War: The Journal of Anna Sophie Franziska Guenther

by Janice Shefelman, Tom Shefelman (Illustrator)

Dear Reader, I am afraid for us. So begins Sophie's journal on Christmas Eve, 1861. And no wonder. She lives in Comfort, Texas, during the Civil War, and her father makes no secret of being a Unionist in a state that has left the Union. Terrible things are happening to German Texans like Sophie's family because they are on the wrong side. Since her father refuses to be silent, Sophie must find a way to save her family.

Hardcover

First published July 1, 2006

Reviews

[Jack London · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sophie is the teenage daughter of German immigrants in the Texas Hill Country during the American Civil War. Based on true events, her war commences when the German immigrants prefer to not secede from the Union and flee to avoid being drafted into the Confederate Army, a dilemma that begins with the formation of real-life Captain Duff’s formation of the Committee of Vigilance, a group that ultimately murdered dozens of men from Comfort, Texas who had chosen to leave rather than fight for slavery. Sophie’s War is a teen/ young adult novel but very well written and faithful to its historical sources. It gets a 100 watt night lamp for its audience and for a lot of grownup audiences as well.

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