Status
Available
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Publication
Scholastic Inc.
Pages
206
Description
In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.
Description
In the fall of 1896 elderly Susannah McKnight coaxes her granddaughter Mary to travel with her to Canada to visit someone Mary regards as an "old slave woman." Mary's vision of Bethlehem Reid is shattered, however, when she hears an amazing story of undying friendship and courage. As young girls Susannah and Bethlehem helped each other escape to the North: for Bethlehem, freedom; for Susannah, a return to the home she loved. Rich and emotionally resonant, this compelling, true story is told in compassionate, lush language; delighting not only in its poetic imagery and uncompromising clarity of expression but in the suspense and adventure of the girls' flight to personal liberty. Bethlehem and Susannah's friendship, born of circumstance and necessity, is never sentimentalized but remains fierce and heartbreaking to the last. This powerful, moving and thought-provoking narrative is sure to stay with readers long after it is finished. Ages 8-12.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
206 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0590469215 / 9780590469210
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1995)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 1995)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 1995)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 1996)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1995)
Golden Kite Award (Honor — 1993)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1993)
Notable Children's Book (1993)
Teacher Favorites Award (1989-1993)
Call number
J4E.Arm