An Apple for Harriet Tubman

by Glennette Tilley Turner

Book Overview

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One day I am going to be free--and I'm going to have all the apples I want.

Like other enslaved African American children, young Harriet Tubman had to work hard. In her master's orchard, she spent long hours picking the juicy apples she was forbidden to eat. Harriet vowed to one day be free and to grow apple trees of her own. When she was grown,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807503967
• ISBN13: 9780807503966
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.8" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3