Saved. Check Saved Reviews
40 pp.
| Atheneum/Dlouhy
| January, 2019
|
Trade
ISBN 978-1-4424-2113-4
$17.99
|
Ebook
ISBN 978-1-4814-7671-3
(
1)
K-3
Using deceptively simple, repetitive verse, an enslaved girl narrates her family's daily plantation activities over a week, every morning beginning with the bell ringing--until Thursday when her brother runs away. The author communicates the complex emotions of individuals fleeing enslavement and the aftermath for those left behind. Through lush watercolors that expertly frame and highlight the characters, the reader is drawn into scenes of tenderness, joy, terror, and despair.