Iron Thunder

Tom& is only 13, but after his father is killed while fighting for the Union, he must take on the responsibility of someone much older.& He signs up for work at the Brooklyn Navy yard where men are& busy& building battleships for the Civil War.& But instead, & Tom& is sent to a bustling warehouse& in another part of the city.& There, amidst the roar of furnaces and clanging iron, & 100? men are frantically pounding together the strangest ship& Tom has ever seen.& & & Because he is& literate and quick on his feet, Tom becomes assistant to the ship?'s inventor, a gruff, boastful man named Captain& John Ericsson.& He spends his days running mysterious errands for the captain and relaying messages throughout the warehouse, and he soon learns that the Union army has& very grave& plans for this iron& ship? and that Ericsson is the only one who believes it will float.& & & Meanwhile, & Tom is thrown into a& grave dilemma of his own.& His position as warehouse messenger has made him a target of Confederate spies who offer him money for secrets about the ship? not sure where the plot goes from here.Mordan, C. B. is the author of 'Iron Thunder ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781423104469 and ISBN 1423104463.