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Author
Series
I survived volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way north alone -- they're marching with the army. But then orders...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as ... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold -- dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his "workers",...
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Martha Tom knows better than to cross the Bok Chitto River to pick blackberries. The Bok Chitto is the only border between her town in the Choctaw Nation and the slave-owning plantation in Mississippi territory. The slave owners could catch her, too. What was she thinking? But crossing the river brings a surprise friendship with Lil Mo, a boy who is enslaved on the other side. When Lil Mo discovers that his mother is about to be sold and the rest...
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