Captured by a Spy (Ben and Zack, Book 1) - Softcover

Travis, Lucille

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9780801089152: Captured by a Spy (Ben and Zack, Book 1)

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ISBN 10: 0801089158 ISBN 13: 9780801089152

Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 1995

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Two boys, one black and the other white, are kidnapped from their Tarrytown, N.Y., home by Confederate spies and taken north along the Hudson River and into Canada

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Gr. 6^-10. The New York City draft riots during the Civil War provide the backdrop for this story of two Northern boys: Ben, white, and Zack, African American. Captured by blockade runners, they are taken to Canada and placed in the hands of Clement Vallandigham, the infamous copperhead whom Lincoln has exiled for his Southern sympathies. The boys pretend to be peace Democrats--opposed to the president and in favor of slavery--to better their chances of escape, but Zack hates the hypocrisy. Disguised, they secure the help of a woman spy, who makes them promise not to inform on her until she has made her getaway. The boys fear that such action is treasonous, until they consider the mercy she has shown them. There's lots of adventure in the mix, but this is mostly a heartening story about mercy--and how it evolves even in the midst of a shameful and tragic period in history. Shelley Townsend-Hudson

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