Freewater
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 403 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 8-12. |
| ISBN: | 9780316056618 0316056618 |
| Author Notes: | Amina Luqman-Dawson is the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning and bestselling author of Freewater and the pictorial history book Images of America: African Americans of Petersburg . Her op-eds on race and popular culture have appeared in The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more. She, her husband, and her son reside in Arlington, VA. Visit her online at aminaluqman-dawson.com. |
