My Home Is Over Jordan

ISBN-10
0606178651
ISBN-13
9780606178655
Category
Afro-Americans
Language
English
Published
2000-01-01
Publisher
Turtleback
Author
Sandra Forrester

Description

No longer a slave now that the Civil War is over, fifteen-year-old Maddie dreams of getting an education and becoming a teacher, but she finds the reality of freedom harsh.

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