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Presents a brief picture book biography of Anna Smith Strong, a woman who acted as a spy for General George Washington during the American Revolution. Discusses how she became the only female member of the Culper Ring and how she used things as simple as hanging clothes out on her clothesline to pass on secret messages.
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In 1864 12-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who are...