Author(s): Deborah Hopkinson,James E. Ransome
No. of Pages: 40 pages
Date Published: 01 Aug 1995
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Paperback | 40 pages
Dimensions: 210.82 x 259.08 x 5.08mm | 158.76g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

Illus. in full color. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a
reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running
away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground
Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in
her scrap bag to make a map of the land--a freedom quilt--that no master will
ever suspect. "A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to younger
children, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficult
but important chapter in the country's past."--(starred) "Horn Book."
"This first-rate book is a triumph of the heart."--(starred) "Publishers
Weekly.
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