| Description |
180 pages ; 18 cm |
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age Preteens |
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age Children |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press, 1997. |
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"Laurel-leaf books." |
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Sequel to: Nightjohn. |
| Audience |
4.3 |
| Summary |
Continues the adventures of Sarny, the slave girl Nightjohn taught to read, through the aftermath of the Civil War during which time she taught other Blacks and lived a full life until age ninety-four. In this companion novel to the acclaimed "Nightjohn, " Sammy, the young slave girl who learned to read in "Nightjohn, " is now a young widow. She flees the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Sarny's story gives a panoramic view of America in a time of tragedy, trial, and hoped-for change, until her last days in the 1930s. |
| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
0440219736 : $4.99 ($7.50 Can.) |
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9780440219736 |
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