Eliza S Freedom Road

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442417234

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Eliza's Freedom Road by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

It is 1852 in Alexandria, Virginia. An orphaned slave, twelve-year-old Eliza has only the quilt her mother left her and the memory of the stories she told. Stories become Eliza’s lifeline to freedom after she takes to the night upon learning she will soon be traded. “Go East. Your back to the set of the sun until you come to the safe house where the candlelight lights the window.” With the words of Old Joe, the farmhand, in her ears, Eliza travels by night and sleeps by day, keeping her diary along the way. Thoroughly researched by award-winning author Jerdine Nolin, Eliza’s Freedom Road brings to life a historical period of pain and triumph. Vivid details and the emotional nature of Eliza’s journal make her journey along the Underground Railroad powerful, accessible, and poignant.

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481459839

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Calico Girl by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year “Nolen’s tender story of the Wilcomb family’s losses and aspirations will resonate. At once heartbreaking and uplifting, a gentle, lyrical story of a determined Black girl’s journey toward freedom during the Civil War.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Jerdine Nolen’s Calico Girl waves fabrics of freedom in every forward step of her undaunted heroine’s journey. Nolen’s deftly crafted scholarship offers a poignant and hopeful glimpse at the past for today’s curious readers.” —Rita Williams-Garcia, Newberry Honor author From the award-winning author of Eliza’s Freedom Road comes the powerful tale of a slave girl’s triumphant journey to freedom with her family during the Civil War. Twelve-year-old Callie Wilcomb and her family are slaves, and the Civil War gives them hope that freedom may be on the horizon. On May 23, 1861, the State of Virginia ratified their vote to secede from the Union. In Virginia, a window was opened where the laws of the land no longer applied. Because of the Contraband Law, slaves no longer had to be returned to their owners, granting them a measure of protection and safety. With the possibility of Callie and her family escaping their bonds forever, Callie is eager to learn and become educated and hopes to teach others one day. Through hardship and loss—with love and strong family ties—Callie proves that freedom is in her stars.

Author : Michaela Maccoll,Rosemary Nichols
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781620916247

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Freedom's Price by Michaela Maccoll,Rosemary Nichols Pdf

Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Books Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Grateful American Prize – Honorable Mention Missouri State Teachers Association Recommended Books Dred Scott’s daughter learns what it means to pay the price for freedom in this compelling middle-grade historical fiction novel. Eleven year old Eliza Scott has a lot to live for. Eliza and her family will soon be free. She is learning to read and write at a secret school. And she has a new friend she can share her dreams with. But when Eliza is confronted by vicious slave catchers, the spread of cholera, and a devastating fire, she is forced to come to terms with what it really takes to be on her own. Will she ever be able to fulfill her childhood dreams? Michaela MacColl and Rosemary Nichols delve deep into the history of the Dred Scott decision and pre–Civil War America to tell Eliza Scott’s riveting coming-of-age story. Freedom’s Price is the second in the Hidden Histories series about children and little-known events in American history.

Author : Jean Little
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
ISBN : 043996900X

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Brothers Far from Home by Jean Little Pdf

With more than 200,000 books in print, Dear Canada has fast become the historical fiction series for young girls. It has been two long years since Eliza's beloved older brother, Hugo, went away to war. Caught up in his enthusiasm, she couldn't understand her parent's less-than enthusiastic reaction. Now that her other brother Jack has also enlisted, she yearns for the safe return of both brothers. If only she had a friend that she could talk to about her feelings....

Author : Eliza Wass
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781484732502

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The Cresswell Plot by Eliza Wass Pdf

The woods were insane in the dark, terrifying and magical at the same time. But best of all were the stars, which trumpeted their light into the misty dark. Castella Cresswell and her five siblings???Hannan, Casper, Mortimer, Delvive, and Jerusalem??? know what it's like to be different. For years, their world has been confined to their ramshackle family home deep in the woods of upstate New York. They abide by the strict rule of God, whose messages come directly from their father. Slowly, Castley and her siblings start to test the boundaries of the laws that bind them. But, at school, they're still the freaks they've always been to the outside world. Marked by their plain clothing. Unexplained bruising. Utter isolation from their classmates. That is, until Castley is forced to partner with the totally irritating, totally normal George Gray, who offers her a glimpse of a life filled with freedom and choice. Castley's world rapidly expands beyond the woods she knows so well and the beliefs she once thought were the only truths. There is a future waiting for her if she can escape her father's grasp, but Castley refuses to leave her siblings behind. Just as she begins to form a plan, her father makes a chilling announcement: the Cresswells will soon return to their home in heaven. With time running out on all of their lives, Castley must expose the depth of her father's lies. The forest has buried the truth in darkness for far too long. Castley might be their last hope for salvation.

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481402224

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Freedom Bird by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

“Powerful storytelling and immersive art.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Vibrant writing and magical realism lift this story to one of triumph.” —Publishers Weekly “Nolen's lively prose style recalls the richness of the oral tradition in this tale of triumphant courage and abiding hope.” —The Horn Book “A moving choice for children’s collections.” —Booklist A Parents’ Choice Silver Award Recipient In this inspiring story in the tradition of American black folktales, an enslaved brother and sister are inspired by a majestic and mysterious bird to escape to freedom in this dramatic and unforgettable picture book. There was nothing civil about that war. They should have called it what it was: a big, bad war. Brother and sister Millicent and John are slaves on Simon Plenty’s plantation and have suffered one hurt and heartbreak after another. Their parents had told them old tales of how their ancestors had flown away to freedom just as free and easy as a bird. Millicent and John hold these stories in their hearts long after their parents are gone. “Maybe such a time will come for you,” their parents said. Then one day a mysterious bird appears in their lives. The bird transforms them and gives them the courage to set their plan into motion and escape to freedom.

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Paula Wiseman Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000060497321

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Plantzilla Goes to Camp by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

Through a series of letters a boy, his parents, and others discuss Camp Wannaleavee, the camp bully, and Plantzilla, who has been forbidden to come but misses his caretaker and arrives in time to become the camp hero.

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781665924726

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Hope's Path to Glory by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

From the author of Eliza’s Freedom Road and Calico Girl (a Kirkus Best Book of the Year) comes a dramatic historical middle grade novel that is “a unique lens through which to examine the 1849 Gold Rush” (School Library Journal) following an enslaved girl taking the chance to find freedom on the Overland Trail to California. In Alexandria, Virginia, in the mid-19th century, a slave-owning family is facing financial trouble. The eldest son, Jason, thinks going to California to mine for gold might be the best way to protect his father’s legacy. He’ll need a cook, a laundress, and a hostler for the journey, and one of them is twelve-year-old Clementine, whose mother calls her Hope. From Independence, Missouri—the “Gateway to the West”—she and the others join a wagon train on the Emigrant Overland Trail. But what Jason didn’t consider is taking the three enslaved people west will give them an opportunity to free themselves—manifesting their destiny.

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780689863004

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Irene's Wish by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

"From award-winning author Jerdine Nolen comes a tale of a little girl who wishes for her father to be home more, but she never expects her wish to come true the way it does"--

Author : Jerdine Nolen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534478527

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On Her Wings by Jerdine Nolen Pdf

"Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, she grew up listening to stories and loved reading. As a teenager she worked at the Lorain town library and later attended Howard University. As an editor at a New York publisher, she found time early in the morning and late at night after her children were asleep to write. When she looked about over her life and all what she had seen and learned, she knew she wanted to write about her people, Black people. Today and always her work and legacy will live on"--

Author : Michaela Maccoll,Rosemary Nichols
Publisher : Archie Comic Publications (Trade)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781620916247

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Freedom's Price by Michaela Maccoll,Rosemary Nichols Pdf

Eliza Scott isn't quite a slave, but she's not free either. She's not a prisoner, but her family lives in a jail. Eliza, who attends a secret floating school on the Mississippi River because it's illegal for her to read, says she understands how dangerous her situation is—but her parents know she's not afraid enough. When a devastating cholera epidemic strikes the city, Eliza discovers she will have to be clever and resourceful to escape a slave catcher and the worst fire in St. Louis' history. Will Eliza be willing to pay the price of freedom? Freedom's Price is the second book in the Hidden Histories series, which examines little known moments in American history. Based on actual events and people, the book is extensively researched and includes an author's note and bibliography.

Author : Mary Thornburg,Thomas Thornburg
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780544184398

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CliffsNotes on Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin by Mary Thornburg,Thomas Thornburg Pdf

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Uncle Tom's Cabin, you discover Harriet Beecher Stowe's most memorable and socially relevant novel—a book that, when published in 1852, galvanized public opinion against slavery in a way never seen before. The story follows the lives of two slaves: Eliza, who escapes slavery with her son, and Tom, who must endure humiliation, abuse, and torture inflicted by his owners. This study guide takes you though Eliza and Tom's journeys by providing summaries and commentaries on each chapter of the novel. Critical essays give you insight into the major themes of the novel, as well as the novel's structure and Gothic elements. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of the main characters A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters A section on the life and background of Harriet Beecher Stowe A review section that tests your knowledge A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Author : Randall Wisehart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0913408751

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A Winding Road to Freedom by Randall Wisehart Pdf

Cassie risks her hard-won freedom from slavery in order to rescue the infant son she left behind on a Kentucky plantation. On her side are a savvy black abolitionist network, Levi Coffin, and other Quakers of the Underground Railroad, plus her courageous friend Luke. The plot twists and turns in this sequel to Luke's Summer Secret.

Author : Peter N. Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1495144429

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Oh Freedom! by Peter N. Miller Pdf

Author : Elisa Carbone
Publisher : Large Print Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Large type books
ISBN : 0786273143

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Stealing Freedom by Elisa Carbone Pdf

A novel based on the events in the life of a young slave girl from Maryland who endures all kinds of mistreatment and cruelty, including being separated from her family, but who eventually escapes to freedom in Canada.