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Mary Seacole: Bound for the Battlefield

Susan Goldman Rubin

Illustrator: Richie Pope

Ages: 9+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-7994-1

Keywords: Racism, Woman of Color,

Mary, a Creole from Jamaica, travels to Crimea in 1854 to care for wounded soldiers on the battlefield, despite racism. Bold, colorful digital illustrations.