Download or read book A Dangerous Promise written by Joan Lowery Nixon and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1861, and although Mike Kelly is far younger than the legal age of 16, he and his best friend Todd secretly join up with the Second Kansas Infantry and become army drummer boys. Mike's dreams of glory end when he's wounded at the bloody Battle of Wilson's Creek and must begin a dangerous adventure behind enemy lines.