Battle Cry is a historical fiction novel written by award-winning Minnesota author, Jan Neubert Schultz. This book would be a good choice for those children considered "reluctant readers". Although this is fiction, Jan is historically accurate when writing about this very volatile time in Minnesota's state history (inaccuracies are clearly stated in her Author's Note).

It is not given to every one to be able to consult the old Naturalists; and, besides, most of them are written in Latin, and to read them through is partly unprofitable work, as they copy so largely one from another. But, for the general reader, selections can be made, and, if assisted by accurate reproductions of the very quaint wood engravings, a book may be produced which will not prove tiring, even to a superficial reader.