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(0)Mildred Pitts Walter
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Publisher
Distributed by University Press of New England
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A young slave's journey to freedom begins when a plantation owner's granddaughter teaches him how to read. Based on the childhood of Alec Turner (1845-1923) who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
1989
Language
English
Description
Upset because his birthday falls on Christmas and will therefore be eclipsed as usual, and worried that there is less money because his father is out of work, eleven-year-old Chris takes solace in the carvings he is preparing for Kwanzaa, the Afro-American celebration of their cultural heritage.