In A Most Perilous World, award-winning author Kristina Gaddy invites readers to walk in the shoes of four famous abolitionists’ descendants. George Garrison, son of William Lloyd Garrison, Lewis Douglass, son of Fredrick Douglass, have well-documented fatherly figures. Lucy Kim, daughter of Miller McKim, a state presidents of an anti-slavery association, and Charolette Forten, granddaughter of a successful businessman in the free and living in the free state of Massachusetts, would make a name for themselves in this time. Gaddy sets the stage with over 50 historical documents and imbues the pages with life by interweaving first-hand accounts from personal journals and letters as these young adults share what they witnessed and felt between 1854 and 1872. Readers are rewarded with four behind-the-scenes passports, each chapter jumping to a different voice, in a chronological journey of the events leading up to, during, and after the Civil War. This is a fictional account that has endnotes, a bibliography, and an index of a nonfiction text. Kristina Giddy clearly wrote this as a work of love for the truth of the time period, bringing the unique and authentic voices of George, Lewis, Lucy, and Charlotte to life. Not only is this a great read for teens, but it would make an amazing text for a U.S. History class. Highly recommended for school and public libraries.