In camp, officers place Charley with the drum corps and he begins learning the drumming commands necessary for battle. Later we learn the guy was drunk when he agreed, because at 12, there’s no specific use for someone like Charley.
This man returns to New York one day and Charley sees him and the man tells him that he’s rejoining to get the bounty pay, and Charley convinces him to take him along. It’s 1864 and Charley’s older brother died last summer at the battle of Gettysburg, and the news was brought to the family alongside Johnny’s silver watch by a fellow New Yorker and regiment-mate. The second gang is the Irish gang in “Gangs of New York” but both were real. It’s a historical middle-grade novel published in 1987 about a boy from New York City who is in the gang “The Bowery Boys,” a real gang who’s primary rival in the city was “The Dead Rabbits”. This is a reread from a long time ago for me, and it’s of a type to be sure. “As he set the hatbox on a crate beside him, Charley Quinn heard the words in his head: “If you ever got to fight alone, Charley, me lad, get your back to the wall.” This was a WOW book for me because it was really engaging and had dynamic characters that helped deliver valuable messages to the reader, such as the importance of knowing that bravery is doing what's necessary and right even if there's no one watching. I think it is ideal for 4th or 5th graders as a read-aloud where they can follow along. This book also provides so many opportunities for enriching history discussions about the Civil War, drummer boys, young boys (and girls) sneaking into the army and what that was like for them, etc. He struggles with many different emotions, and the descriptive nature of Patricia Beatty's writing opens up great potential for talking about writing styles, how the author conveys the feelings of their characters, and how they can apply this descriptive style to their own writing. He ends up joining as a drummer boy but when faced with the death and reality of war and psychological toll of taking another man's life, he runs away, is captured by Confederate soldiers, but then released to run to the mountains out West. The next day Charley leaves because the war coming up.Ĭharley Skedaddle is a historical fiction book about a 12 year old boy who runs away from his home and his street gang in New York to join the Union army and avenge his brother's death. When Charley, Grandma Beth and Canaan get home Charley helps heal Grandma Beth's wounds. Charley finds Grandma Beth in a ditch with her mule Canaan. Charley ends up shooting the mountain lion. He turns around and a painter (mountain lion) jumps down off the roof and attacks Charley. So Charley grabs the rifle and goes outside. 2 days pass and Grandma beth doesn't come back. One day a girl comes and asks Grandma Beth to come with her because the girl's sister was pregnant. When someone comes to the house Grandma Beth locks up Charley in the chicken coop. He works with her as if she was his actual mom. Eventually Charley meats a woman named Grandma Beth. He runs away because he shot the man.While running away he gets captured by a union soldier. When a war comes up Charley shots a man but he's not aloud to. At a confederate base he meats a man named Jem. He goes to the army to be a drummer boy or a bugler.
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