by Lois Leveen
Carver County Library paperback 450 pages
genre: historical fiction
Great book club discussion Monday after school! We all liked the book. The author did a lot of research based on the real Mary Bowser (and Bet Van Lew). The story starts with young Mary as a slave girl in the Van Lew household and follows her through her education in Philadelphia, her return to Richmond to spy for the North, and into her later years. It's still so hard for me to think about people who felt justified in treating other human beings as possessions. Hard issues, but an excellent book!
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