A Book Review by Luke

Clara Barton : Angel of the Battlefield by Rae Bains


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
It was really good. I learned that she taught in schools in Massachusetts. One particular school there were four teenager boys that there were the size of Clara. One day when they were playing ball she asked the boys if she could learn. She fooled them because she could throw the ball so straight and narrow. She surprised them!

I also learned that Clara was a nurse in the military and she new new every mountain, stream, valley and road in Massachusetts. This way she could send help to wounded soldiers more quickly.

After the Civil War ended Clara traveled to Europe where she was honored for being such a good nurse. There she learned about the Red Cross. Their flag was a red cross in a white field. When she went back to America she tried hard to make the Red Cross in America of help for the wounded soldiers. When Clara died she was 90 years old. By then the Red Cross was permanently apart of America.

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