Julius Lester
Author
Publisher
Hyperion/Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Emma is the property of Pierce Butler and has taken care of his daughters, Sarah and Frances, since their mother left home. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, like their mother's, as a rift in morals has ripped the Butler household apart.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Ekundayo, a Dogon spirit brought to America from Africa, inhabits the body of a young African-American slave on a Virginia plantation, where he experiences loss, sorrow, and reconciliation in the months preceding the Civil War.