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Hot Iron
Unknown author · historical fiction
Twelve-year-old Charlie O’Leary signs aboard the USS Varuna to fight the Confederate Navy. Will his ship survive the awesome Battle of New Orleans?
About this historical novel
Hot Iron by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. Twelve-year-old Charlie O’Leary signs aboard the USS Varuna to fight the Confederate Navy. Will his ship survive the awesome Battle of New Orleans?
On HisFic we tag it under 1. Literary historical fiction so you can pair it with similar story types. Recurring themes include juvenile fiction, comic and graphic books, fiction, historical fiction, and brothers.
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Plot summary
Twelve-year-old Charlie O’Leary signs aboard the USS Varuna to fight the Confederate Navy. Will his ship survive the awesome Battle of New Orleans?
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Global / multiple
Themes
- juvenile fiction
- comic and graphic books
- fiction
- historical fiction
- brothers
- juvenile fiction
- civil war, 1861-1865
- american civil war (1861-1865) fast (ocolc)fst01351658
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