Which Way Freedom?

Obi had never forgotten the sounds of his mother's screams on the day he was sold away from her. Making plans to run away to find her was a secret game he played with friend Buka, an old African who lived at the edge of the farm.
When the Civil War began, Obi knew it was time to run -- or be sold again. If he was caught, he'd be killed...or worse. But if he stayed, he might never know freedom.

Which Way Freedom? (Obi and Easter Trilogy (Paperback))

Children's Books

Hansen, Joyce

Biographies

Harpercollins

After their daring run for freedom, Obi and Easter were separated in the confusion of the Civil War. But now that the war is over and the slaves are free, Easter sets out to find her old friend and take control of her life, in the powerful sequel to the Coretta Scott King Honor Book WHICH WAY FREEDOM?

Out From This Place

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

Heart Calls Home

Living in the past . . .
When Obi left South Carolina, he was a runaway slave. Five years later, in 1866, he has returned as a freed man and a Union Army officer, determined to find the only family he has ever known: his beloved Easter and Jason, the young boy they looked after on the plantation. Obi makes his way to New Canaan, a settlement of former slaves, where he learns that Easter is studying in the North. Obi wastes no time in writing to Easter, professing his love and proposing marriage. But it doesn't take long before the two realize that they have changed and have different dreams. Is their love still strong enough to begin a new life together? Or are they just living in the past?

The Heart Calls Home

HarperTeen

Ten-year-old Doris's gradual friendship with the new boy in her inner-city neighborhood, Amir, brings her into closer understanding with her family even though it divides her from her old friends

The Gift Giver

Literature & Fiction

Clarion Books

As he seeks a place to hide, Marcus, a boy from the Islands now living in the Bronx, tries to figure out how he became involved in the stabbing of a fellow student.

Home Boy

Uncomfortable in his new surroundings with his foster parents, the Smiths, and with his little brother who doesn't remember him, Amir begins writing to his friend Doris, who lives in his old Bronx neighborhood, and soon learns that he must come to terms with his family's past and discover the true meaning of home.

One True Friend

The two-time Coretta Scott King Honor Book recipient offers a poignant narrative about a freed slave girl during the Reconstruction Era in the South.

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina 1865 (Dear America Series)

scholastic

In a sequel to The Gift-Giver, Doris reluctantly starts helping Yellow Bird, the class clown, with his reading problem. To her surprise, Doris finds that in caring for and helping Bird, she develops a new friend. "Smoothly written and easy to read; the language with touches of colloquial black English, has strength and vitality . . . the story is particularly valuable for its emphasis on friendship, generosity of spirit, and seeing what's below the surface." -- Kirkus Reviews

Yellow Bird and me

Trumpet Club

Documents the recruitment, training, and struggles of African American soldiers during the Civil War and examines the campaigns in which they participated

Between Two Fires: Black Soldiers in the Civil War (The African-American Experience)

Franklin Watts

An account of African-American life in the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War, based on first-person narratives, contemporary documents, and other historical sources.

Bury Me Not in a Land of Slaves: African-Americans in the Time of Reconstruction (Social Studies, Cultures and People)

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