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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy by Seymour Reit is a fictionalized biography for young readers about Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian-born woman who served the Union during the American Civil War while living under the male identity Franklin Thompson. Published for a middle grade and young adult audience, the book presents a historically based account through an adventure-driven narrative that emphasizes disguise, risk, and wartime intelligence. Reit uses a compact, accessible style to introduce readers to a figure whose life challenged nineteenth-century expectations about gender, military service, and public courage. The book is not a full academic biography, and its storytelling approach blends documented history with reconstructed scenes. Its purpose is to make a complex historical episode understandable and memorable by focusing on one person who moved through roles as soldier, nurse, messenger, and spy. The result is both a Civil War story and a study of identity under pressure.