num_pages: 320
description: As an adolescent, Sarah Louisa Wheelock vowed never to let a man control her. With this unshakable conviction, she abandoned her life on a Michigan farm and disguised herself as a boy so she could fight in the Civil War. Ann Rinaldi¹s well-researched and superbly wrought narrative illuminates the courage and audacity of this colorful historical figure.
language: English
title: Girl In Blue
titlecomplete: Girl In Blue
characters: Allan Pinkerton, Sarah Emma Edmonds
genres: Fiction, War, Childrens, Young Adult, Historical, Civil War, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 3698
places: Michigan, Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Young Hoosier Book Award
category: Middle Grades, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: South Carolina Junior Book Award
category: Middle Grades
publisher: Scholastic Press