Nurse, Soldier, Spy by Marissa Moss6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spirited pen-and-ink drawings, full of period detail and war action. Praise for Nurse, Soldier, Spy 'The incredible story of how Sarah Edmonds becomes Frank Thompson is full of adventure, bravado and pathos. For her part, Moss (Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee) delivers a riveting narrative, making it clear that Edmonds was fighting for more than one kind of freedom. Her story comes to life through the signature illustrations and design of John Hendrix and the exciting storytelling of Marissa Moss. Hendrix's (John Brown: His Fight for Freedom) artwork is, as usual, a showstopper, and his bold caricatures, dominated by midnight blues and sunset golds, convey Edmonds's strength and determination brief quotations in massive type streak across certain spreads, delivering emotional wallops ("You there, boy! Who do you belong to?" booms a Confederate soldier, upon finding Edmonds in her slave disguise). Disguised as a man, Edmonds fought at the Battle of Bull Run and elsewhere, and eventually further disguised herself as a black slave in order to spy on Confederate forces. ![]() Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. In one of two noteworthy picture-book biographies of this Civil War figure out this spring (the other being Carrie Jones's Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender), Moss and Hendrix focus on Edmonds' life as a young adult, as she assumes the identity of Frank Thompson and volunteers to join the army as a private. Read reviews and buy Nurse, Soldier, Spy - by Marissa Moss (Paperback) at Target. ![]()
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