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Knothole In The Closet: A Story About Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy
Written by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
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Early in the Civil War, 19-year-old Belle Boyd risks capture to spy for the South and her native state of Virginia. On the eve of battle, she races to the Confederate camp to deliver important information to General Stonewall Jackson. Thanks in part to Belle's courage, the Confederates drive the Federal forces from Front Royal, Virginia, and win a major victory on May 23, 1862.
Marilyn Weymouth Seguinis the author of eight historical books for young readers. Marilyn teaches in the English Department at Kent State University.
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Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
Marilyn Weymouth Seguin was born and educated in Maine and has spent parts of the last twenty-seven summers vacationing at camps in the Sebago Lakes Region. She recently retired from full-time teaching in the writing program at Kent State University, so now she and her husband can spend even more time at their camp on Little Sebago Lake. Marilyn is the author of seventeen books and a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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