Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
- OSHTEMO: Children's Collection
Light in the darkness
Call Number
- JE STORIES CLIN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, c2013.
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Summary
Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.
Notes
"A story about how slaves learned in secret"--Cover.
Subjects
- Reading > Fiction.
- Learning > Fiction.
- Slavery > Fiction.
- African Americans > Fiction.
- Reading > Juvenile fiction.
- Learning > Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
- Southern States > History > 1775-1865 > Fiction.
- Southern States > History > 1775-1865 > Juvenile fiction.