Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

By Seymour Reit

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Grades 6 - 8Grades 4 - 7T5.721114
Recounts the story of the Canadian woman who disguised herself as a man and slipped behind Confederate lines to spy for the Union army.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
Published on 8/1/2001
Binding: Paperback

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My reaction to the novel, Behind Rebel Lines by Seymour Reit is that I am overall impressed of what Emma Edmonds was capable of and what she had done to help the Union. A shocking event that happened in the story was that after about two years of serving in the union army as Franklin Thompson, she had gotten malaria and couldn't serve as a nurse anymore. I would recommend this book to sixth graders and above.