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Reviewed on August 1, 2019 | Middle To High School
Gr 7–10—Conkling engages readers from beginning to end with her collective biography that features women from each major military conflict in U.S. history. Each chapter begins with an essay, in which the author contextualizes the historical period and the war or wars prior to that section's biographies. Conkling's brief biographical sketches, accompanied by Kuo's illustrated portraits, cover each woman's early life, her military career, and her death (if applicable). Organized alphabetically by their last name, the profiles inc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More