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Silent thunder a civil war story

In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 1999.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Slavery > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Underground railroad > Juvenile fiction. Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.
Physical Description:	218 p.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0786804394 0786823887 (lib.)
Author Notes:	Andrea Davis Pinkney has written several acclaimed books for middle grade readers, including the novels Bird in a Box, a Today Show Al Roker Book Club pick, and With the Might of Angels , a book in the Dear America series. She is also the author of the nonfiction book Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters , a Coretta Scott King Author Honor winner. Andrea's many picture books include Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down , a New York Times best-seller and a Jane Addams Honor Book, which was illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney. She and her family live in Brooklyn, New York. Brian Pinkney (www.brianpinkney.net) has frequently collaborated with his wife, Andrea Davis Pinkney. Some of their other books include, Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride , Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation , and Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra , for which Brian was awarded a Caldecott Honor. Brian was also a Caldecott Honoree for The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci , and he won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for In the Time of the Drums by Kim L.Siegelson.