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Harriette Gillem Robinet

Autor(a) de Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule

11 Works 1,218 Membros 3 Críticas

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Obras por Harriette Gillem Robinet

Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule (1998) 632 exemplares
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues (2000) 226 exemplares
Washington City Is Burning (1996) 130 exemplares
Children of the Fire (1991) 88 exemplares
Missing from Haymarket Square (2001) 42 exemplares
Twelve Travelers, Twenty Horses (2003) 25 exemplares
If You Please, President Lincoln! (1995) 17 exemplares
Mississippi Chariot (1994) 14 exemplares
Ride The Red Cycle (1980) 8 exemplares
Jay and the Marigold (1976) 5 exemplares

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Remarkably complex for such a short read -- set in Montgomery, Alabama during the bus boycott in 1956. Hard reading -- the Merryfield's lives are harsh, and Alfa's ability to embrace the message of non violence is astonishing under the constantly degrading and dangerous circumstances. I loved the mystery aspect in the middle of the book, and Alfa's strong narrative voice. Powerful.
 
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jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
Pasacal, a slave boy who's about twelve years old, was born with a withered hand and leg, so he never did heavy work. Now that the Civil War is over, Pascal and his older brother, Gideon, and nine year old Nelly, a slave from their plantation, decide to claim the forty acres and a mule being offered to former slaves. They don't get the mule, but they do get the forty acres, and Pascal is determined to help out in building their new home. Can Pascal, his brother, and little Nelly, who's like a sister to him, build a life outside slavery?

This is a good book to talk about what the slaves faced outside of slavery.
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weeksie50 | Dec 2, 2010 |
Eleven-year-old Hallelujah is fascinated by the fires burning all over the city of Chicago. Little does she realize that her life will be changed forever by the flames that burn with such bright fascination for her.
The year is 1871 and this event will later be called the Great Chicago Fire. Hallelujah and her newfound friend Elizabeth are as different as night and day; but their shared solace will bind them as friends forever, as a major American city starts to rebuild itself (amazon),
 
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AmyStepaniuk | Oct 1, 2015 |

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Obras
11
Membros
1,218
Popularidade
#21,082
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
3
ISBN
53
Línguas
1

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