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Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children

364 pp. | Dial | September, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3499-9 $17.99
(1) 4-6 William Beverly Hemings and his siblings are slaves; they’re also Thomas Jefferson’s children. Granted freedom at twenty-one, light-skinned Beverly leaves Monticello with plans to pass for white. But cultural differences complicate every aspect of his new life. The voices of the Hemings children give readers a perspective not found in history textbooks. An informative author’s note completes this eye-opening and powerful novel.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2012

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