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41) Freedom bird
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of Phaedra's will have surprising results.
47) Caleb's choice
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While living in Texas in 1858, fourteen-year-old Caleb faces a dilemma in deciding whether or not to assist fugitive slaves in their run for freedom.
50) On winter's wind
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As she struggles to make ends meet while maintaining her family's dignity, eleven-year-old Genevieve faces the possibility of turning in a slave for the bounty.
Author
Series
Ancient Rome journal volume 1
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Galen describes his life as a slave in Rome under the Emperor Augustus. Features hand-printed text, drawings, and marginal notes.
57) Honey Bea
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On a Louisiana sugar plantation, a young slave girl struggles with the magical powers that have been passed down from her grandmother and mother to her, unsure of the responsibilities and consequences that accompany this power.
59) Seaward born
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In 1805, a thirteen-year-old slave and his friend make a dangerous escape fom Charleston, S.C. and stowaway to head north toward freedom.
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