TY - BOOK AU - Landis,Matthew TI - The not-so-boring letters of private nobody SN - 9780735227996 pbk. AV - PZ7.1.L28 No 2018 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2018///] CY - New York, NY PB - Dial Books for Young Readers KW - Soldiers KW - Fiction KW - Documentary films KW - Production and direction KW - Friendship KW - Middle schools KW - Schools KW - Pennsylvania KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 N2 - Seventh grader Oliver, a Civil War buff and weekend reenactor, is partnered with two misfits--Ella, who is on the verge of failing all her classes, and Kevin, who is Oliver's lunch companion--to create a documentary about the wartime experience of a Civil War contemporary, and while they conduct research in local historical societies, collaborate on a script, and edit the film, they discover secrets about their Pennsylvania soldier and learn how to be friends with each other ER -