“I was hooked by this suspenseful and moving story of a fourteen-year-old newsman struggling to publish a newspaper in the first days of the Civil War. Lea Wait’s lucid writing and beautifully imagined, deftly plotted tale make 19th century Maine as fresh and vivid as today’s headlines.”
–Maryrose Wood, author of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series
“Inspired by the true stories of several remarkable teens, Uncertain Glory transports readers to Wicasset, Maine, just as the Civil War begins. The time and place are beautifully evoked, the characters are complex and appealing, and intriguing plot lines and themes are deftly woven together. Uncertain Glory is a vivid reminder that even far from the battlefields, the Civil War changed the lives of children, women, and men forever.”
–American Girl author Kathleen Ernst
“Uncertain Glory by Lea Wait is the perfect Civil War novel for young adults, so rich with authentic period details and attitudes that the reader feels transported to Wiscasset, Maine, of 1861. Crosscurrents of patriotism, racism, slavery, and spiritualism rend the town and fourteen-year-old Joe Wood, editor of the local newspaper, is at the center of it all fighting to keep his business afloat. This page-turner juggles complex characters and plot twists to leave readers breathless and challenged to draw their own conclusions about a range of ethical issues.”
–Kathleen V. Kudlinski, author of forty children’s books including Facing West; A Story of the Oregon Trail and Harriet Tubman, Freedom’s Trailblazer