Mary Bowser and the Civil War spy ring / written by Enigma Alberti ; illustrated by Tony Cliff.
Material type:
TextSeries: Spy on history ; 1.Publisher: New York : Workman Publishing, [2017]Description: 75 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + cipher wheelContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780761187394
- 0761187391
- 9780761195863
- 0761195866
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Alberti Enigma | Available | 33111009556495 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Your Mission: Find Mary's secret diary using spycraft stools to uncover hidden codes!
It's a true story of bravery: Mary Bowser was an African American spy for the Union who worked as a maid in the mansion of Confederate Jefferson Davis. From hair-raising close calls when she almost gets caught to how she uses her photographic memory to "steal" top secret documents. Mary's story reads like a gripping novel.
It's a mystery to solve: There are clues embedded in the story's text and illustrations, and Spycraft materials--including a replica Civil War cipher wheel--come in an envelope at the beginning of the book. Use both to discover what happened to Mary Bowser's secret diary.
During the Civil War, African American Mary Bowser becomes a maid in the Richmond mansion of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis, as part of a plan to pass along secrets to help the Union. Includes a replica of a Confederate decoder, plus other spycraft materials to help the reader discover clues found in the text and illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references.