Reading guide for Irene Hunt's historical fiction, "Across Five Aprils," with a variety of resources, discussion and writing questions, and brainstorming activities. Provides pre-reading material, such as an author biography, novel introduction, and vocabulary preview, as well as chapter-specific charting exercises and post-reading writing prompts. Also offers reading-response questions to help students link "Across Five Aprils" to other Civil War literature, including "Come Up from the Fields Father" by Walt Whitman and "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" by Walter Kittridge. Requires Adobe Reader.