I grew up loving interactive books like this, and it was a great way to put the laptop and other technology down for a moment and just get the brain in gear. At 33 years old, I’m ashamed to say that this book nearly defeated me after a whole morning of trying to crack the codes - I was so tempted to break the seal for all the answers. Now, if this isn’t the ultimate BGN book for a child, then I don’t know what is! A daring female central protagonist that is a spy, and she’s a historical figure! Alongside it being a great story, this will rise to the challenge to any curious-minded wannabe spies. Understanding the difference she can make, she accepts and acts as an inside spy to pass on intelligence information to the Union. She asks her to take a job as a maid in the Confederate White House. The Confederacy is born, and Bet Van Lew, who freed Mary as a child, asks her a life-changing question. The day after their marriage, Virginia secedes from the US, and the Southern states break away from the Union. This is a book with great storytelling using real factual accounts of what is known about this brave woman.Īs a free woman, Mary leaves her teaching career in Liberia to reunite and wed her sweetheart, Wilson Bowser, in Richmond. The first in the series is about real life Mary Bowser, a free African American who worked as a spy in the Confederate White House during the Civil war. Spy on History series is an interactive series for children aged 10 & up.
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