Description: A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen childre...
Synopsis A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen children. Based on a true story; includes instructions for making a hollyhock doll.
Details
Publication Date:
2008-02-01
Illustrator:
Anna Alter
Edition Description:
New
Size
Length:
32 pages
Height:
11.3 in
Width:
8.8 in
Thickness:
0.5 in
Weight:
15.4 oz
Publisher's Note Priscilla, a slave girl who plants hollyhocks wherever she goes in memory of her mother--and in hopes of a better life, finally gets a chance at freedom when she is forced to march along the Trail of Tears.