Blue Star Watching

“Two Union kids outsmart Southern sympathizers—this time in California, where Will and Eugenia Kinmont have been sent by their Delaware parents for safety… forgotten in their aunt and uncle's San Francisco toy shop—but not for long. Aunt Amanda has these stuffed dolls, dressed in magenta, which are sold regularly to the same man, and conducts temperance society meetings where the members drink champagne but the kids still don't get the picture; then an acquaintance from Delaware drifts in, enlists Will as a spy (code name: Blue Stars, for Eugenia’s eyes!) and smashes the gold smuggling “Chivalry,” aunt and uncle included…” 

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