"I'se me...I'se a person... caint nobody own me... " 12-year-old Albert, a recently emancipated slave, tells his friend, Sam, in Terry Webb's novel, Costly Freedom. In this book, Albert, Sam Benedict and Sam's school friend, Will Cobb, are caught in the chaos, desperation and bitterness of white southern Georgia after the Civil War has ended. The three boys face challenging experiences reestablishing their friendship, starting school again...