Freedom over me : eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life / by Ashley Bryan.

By:

Bryan, Ashley, 1923 - [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781481456906

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LOC classification:

PS3552 .F744 2016
PS3552

Available additional physical forms:

Awards:

Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award, 2017
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2017
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2017
Newbery Honor Book, 2017

Subject: Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as ... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold ;

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-NEWBERY	PS3552.B793.F744 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923002060321

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Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as ... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold ;

Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award, 2017

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2017

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2017

Newbery Honor Book, 2017

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