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4-6
Illustrated by
Elizabeth Zunon.
Thirteen-year-old Martha Bartlett lives with her Quaker family in an abolitionist community in 1850s Connecticut. When her adopted younger brother, Jake--a light-skinned, possibly autistic orphan of a runaway slave--is kidnapped by slave catchers following the Fugitive Slave Act, Martha embarks on an Underground Railroad–aided rescue mission. Historical tidbits enhance this readable but uneven story of sibling love. Author's note appended.
402 pp.
| St. Martin's/Wednesday
| October, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-11976-6$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-250-11977-3
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YA
College freshman Flora Goldwasser compiles journal entries, magazine clippings, blogs, and other documents to help explain why, at age sixteen, she left Manhattan for "an alternative boarding school" in upstate New York to impress her older male history tutor. Throughout the narrative, smart, snarky Flora perceptively explores issues of class, gender, sexuality, fashion, art, and more. The effect is kitchen-sink-y but entertaining.
32 pp.
| Blue Earth
| March, 2000
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LibraryISBN 0-7368-0347-5$$22.60
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4-6
Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs series.
These volumes present actual diary entries by eighteenth- or nineteenth-century American children, although the quality of writing varies according to the author's age and education. Sidebars offer background information, craft activities, and recipes. The books are illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, historical engravings, and reproductions. Time lines and websites are included. Bib., glos., ind.
111 pp.
| Watts
| September, 1998
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LibraryISBN 0-531-11377-9$$21.50
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YA
American Religious Experience series.
Williams discusses the Quakers' place in history, their political, proactive commitment to pacifism, and their involvement in American antislavery and antiwar movements. This accessible narrative detailing the development of this religious sect is supplemented by black-and-white photos of notable Quakers and drawings of historical events. Bib., ind.