Freedom's School

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Book Overview

Education means true emancipation in this powerful story set in the rural post-Civil War South, written and illustrated by an award-winning author/artist team.

When Lizzie's parents are granted their freedom from slavery, Mama says its time for Lizzie and her brother Paul to go to a real school--a new one, built just for them. Lizzie can't wait. The scraps of learning she has picked up here and there have just made her hungry for more.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423161033
• ISBN13: 9781423161035
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3