To Be a Slave

Type

Book

Authors

Julius Lester

ISBN 10

0141310014

ISBN 13

9780141310015

Tags

Multiculturalism, United States, Multicultural, African American, Reference & Test Preparation

Description

To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or a table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold...This book is about how it felt. The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical commentary and Tom Feelings's powerful and muted paintings, To Be a Slave has been a touchstone in children's literature for over thirty years."It is rare to find a book that enables children to identify as compellingly with slaves as this one does." -Publishers Weekly "From history-and for our time-there's nothing better than To Be a Slave." -The New York Times Book ReviewAwards: A 1969 Newbery Honor BookAn ALA Notable BookA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Smithsonian Magazine Best Book of the Year - from Amzon

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