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1) Nurse, soldier, spy: the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero

Author

Moss, Marissa

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

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A story of a nineteen-year-old woman who disguised herself as a man to avoid an unwanted marriage and who distinguished herself as a male nurse during the Civil War, and later as a spy for the Union Army.

2) The life and times of Nathan Hale

Author

Tracy, Kathleen

Series

Profiles in American history

Publisher

Mitchell Lane Publishers

Pub. Date

c2007

Language

English

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Biography of the young American spy who was executed by the British during the Revolutionary War.

3) Nathan Hale: patriot spy

Author

Knudsen, Shannon

Series

On my own biography

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the life of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, whose decision to become a spy for General George Washington cost him his life.

4) Infinite hope: a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace

Author

Bryan, Ashley

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2019]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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"From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. He endured the terrible lies white officers told about the...