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Freewater / Amina Luqman-Dawson.

By: Series: James Patterson presentsPublisher: New York, New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 403 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Children
ISBN:
  • 9780316056618
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1 .L865 Fr 2022
Contents:
Prologue -- The Journey -- Freewater -- The return -- A note from Amina.
Awards:
  • Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2023.
  • Horn Book Fanfare List, 2023.
  • Newbery Medal, 2023.
Summary: After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.Summary: Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home. Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage. - Publisher.
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Prologue -- The Journey -- Freewater -- The return -- A note from Amina.

After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.

Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home. Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage. - Publisher.

Reading L: 4.6.

Ages: 8-12.

Grades:: 3-7.

Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2023.

Horn Book Fanfare List, 2023.

Newbery Medal, 2023.

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