Status
Available
Local notes
PB Rob
Collection
Genres
Publication
Aladdin (2000), Edition: Reprint, 144 pages
Description
Born with a withered leg and hand, Pascal, who is about twelve years old, joins other former slaves in a search for a farm and the freedom which it promises.
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Awards
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2001)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 2001)
Scott O'Dell Award (1999)
Original language
English
Physical description
144 p.; 5.13 inches
User reviews
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Pasacal, a slave boy who's about twelve years old, was born with a withered hand and leg, so he never did heavy work. Now that the Civil War is over, Pascal and his older brother, Gideon, and nine year old Nelly, a slave from their plantation, decide to claim the forty acres and a mule being
This is a good book to talk about what the slaves faced outside of slavery.
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offered to former slaves. They don't get the mule, but they do get the forty acres, and Pascal is determined to help out in building their new home. Can Pascal, his brother, and little Nelly, who's like a sister to him, build a life outside slavery?This is a good book to talk about what the slaves faced outside of slavery.
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Pages
144