Soldier's Heart

I'm currently reading Gary Paulsen's Soldier's Heart because it was highly recommended in the the professional book I'm reading about young adult literature. It's about a fifteen-year-old boy, Charlie, who joins up to fight for the North in the Civil war. This book is only 102 pages and the author of the professional book I'm reading exclaims over the fact that Paulsen can recreate for readers the range of emotions felt by Charlie at the carnage he witnesses and the true horrors of war he sees. She states Paulsen makes each and every word count.