Download or read book An Island Far from Home written by John Donahue and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. The twelve-year-old son of a Union army doctor, killed during the fighting in Fredericksburg, comes to understand the meaning of war and the fine line between friends and enemies when he begins corresponding with a young Confederate prisoner of war.