I Had Seen Castles

Blurb

I Had Seen Castles is a novella for young adults by the American writer and Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant.
It is a story about a young American named John Dante who enthusiastically enlists in 1942 but soon comes to understand the horrors of war.
It is an anti-war novel. It has been controversial in some schools due to its graphic portrayal of sex.