Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
- 272 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life available as a young reader's edition!
Kathleen Van Cleve Bücher
Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve ist eine Autorin, deren Werke sich mit tiefen menschlichen Emotionen und der Komplexität zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen auseinandersetzen. Ihr Schreiben zeichnet sich durch tiefgehende psychologische Einsichten und die Fähigkeit aus, Charaktere mit bemerkenswertem Realismus darzustellen. Durch ihren einzigartigen Stil bietet sie den Lesern fesselnde und zum Nachdenken anregende Erzählungen. Ihre Arbeit erforscht universelle Themen wie Liebe, Verlust und die Suche nach dem Sinn des Lebens.
Never Caught
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws. Profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judge, describing the intense manhunt that ensued when she ran away.--NoveList.
"Paints a vivid portrait of heroic Susie King Taylor, one of the first Black nurses during the Civil War, who valiantly fought for the rights of her people, including establishing a postbellum educational system for formerly bonded Black people"--
Drizzle
- 358 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody needs to make it start raining again. It rains every Monday afternoon on her family's rhubarb farm, until one Monday, when 1:00 P.M. passes without one raindrop. And then Polly's brother gets sick. Polly has to figure out how everything is connected and make it rain before her Aunt Edith sells the farm. Maybe with the help of her best friend, a talking rhubarb plant named Harry, Polly can face her fears and uncover her family's magical secret.
