Freedom's Price

Freedom's Price
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Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9781620916247
ISBN-13 : 162091624X
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Book Synopsis Freedom's Price by : Michaela Maccoll

Download or read book Freedom's Price written by Michaela Maccoll and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Books Paterson Prize for Books for Young People Grateful American Prize – Honorable Mention Missouri State Teachers Association Recommended Books Dred Scott’s daughter learns what it means to pay the price for freedom in this compelling middle-grade historical fiction novel. Eleven year old Eliza Scott has a lot to live for. Eliza and her family will soon be free. She is learning to read and write at a secret school. And she has a new friend she can share her dreams with. But when Eliza is confronted by vicious slave catchers, the spread of cholera, and a devastating fire, she is forced to come to terms with what it really takes to be on her own. Will she ever be able to fulfill her childhood dreams? Michaela MacColl and Rosemary Nichols delve deep into the history of the Dred Scott decision and pre–Civil War America to tell Eliza Scott’s riveting coming-of-age story. Freedom’s Price is the second in the Hidden Histories series about children and little-known events in American history.


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