Sixteen-year-old Sarah Clarke and her father, Ted, live a quiet life in Tennessee, even as tension mounts across the country on the subject of abolition vs. states' rights. When Ted and Sarah accompany a party of men from Massachusetts on a hunting trip, the men's discussion opens Sarah's eyes to the complexity of the issues at stake. After Ted joins the Union Army, Sarah moves to live with her aunt in Knoxville where she is swept into involvement...