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English
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Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up under the watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious Tall John, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him the meaning of freedom.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Moinette, a mixed-race child born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, gains an education by listening to the lessons given her young mistress, and when she is sold and separated from her beloved mother at the age of fourteen, she immediately begins to make plans to gain her freedom.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Drew O'Connor, still broken-hearted over the loss of his betrothed three years earlier, wins a bride in a game of chance whom he plans to keep as a servant and caretaker of his young niece, but instead finds himself saddled with a woman who is argumentative, cannot cook, claims to be the daughter of an earl--and is totally captivating.
Author
Series
Lights of Lowell volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Jasmine and Nolan Houston's peaceful life on their horse farm in Lowell, Massachusetts, is uprooted when a tragedy forces the couple to return to the plantation of Jasmine's childhood, where they struggle to keep their family together in the face of violence.
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the Battle of Franklin, falling in love with a wounded man, and dedicating her home as a burial site for fallen soldiers.
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Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Presents Harriet Beecher Stowe's controversial 1852 novel depicting harsh conditions on three slave plantations in the American South; and includes an introduction, discussion questions, and activity suggestions for readers.
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