Emma Edmonds, a girl who dreams about fighting for the Union but won't be allowed to fight due to her gender so she eventually decided to pose as a man, with the title of Private Franklin Thompson. Her fellow soldiers doesn't even know that she is a girl, fighting for the Union cause as they keeping on fighting for rights to ban the slavery. A news that saddened her about her childhood friend who died in action. Girls and women in that period of 1860s would often pose as boys and men, heading off to fight in the war as that is very common but on other hand, it's very cool to read about, especially this story is actually based on true story on real woman of Emma Edmonds. - Happy Reading!
Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
By Seymour Reit
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 6 - 8 | Grades 4 - 7 | T | 5.7 | 21114 |
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
Book Reviews (2)
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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.