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1) Nightjohn
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"To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." — Nightjohn
"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn."—Sarny
Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought...
"I didn't know what letters was, not what they meant, but I thought it might be something I wanted to know. To learn."—Sarny
Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought...
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Door of no return volume 1
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"A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
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Mark of the thief trilogy volume 1
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When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.
7) Bell's Star
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Horse diaries volume 2
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In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
11) River runs deep
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Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption--and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad.
13) The bell rang
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A slave family is distressed when they discover their son Ben has run away.
17) Show way
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The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
18) The Old African
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An elderly slave uses the power of his mind to ease the suffering of his fellow slaves and eventually lead them back to Africa. Based on an actual incident from black history.
20) The listeners
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After a day of picking cotton in late 1860, Ella May, a young slave, joins her friends Bobby and Sue at their second job of listening outside the windows of their master's house for useful information.
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