A definite contender for either Newbery or Coretta Scott King awards.Ĭons: Some reviewers recommend this for as young as third grade. Amina Luqman-Dawson had done that here with a complex historical fiction story that will stay with readers long after the last page. Pros: I’m always wowed when an author hits a home run with a debut novel. Each person has a part to play in the fiery and satisfying climax of the story, and the last page suggests a happy ending for all of them. Through his first-person narration and the third-person stories of many other characters from both the plantation and Freewater, the reader slowly learns of a plan to return and free Mama. But Homer is harboring a secret: he feels like it’s his fault that his mama was caught and sent back to the plantation the night of their escape. They’re taken in and soon get to know the different people there and the ways they’ve developed to survive and avoid capture. Homer and Ada accidentally stumble upon Freewater while trying to escape north. This story imagines such a community called Freewater, populated by those who escaped slavery and their children who have only known freedom. Summary: In the author’s note, we learn that during slavery, enslaved people sometimes escaped into the swamps and lived there for years.
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