Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

by Janet Halfmann

Book Overview

This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

Born into slavery around 1821 in Petersburg, Virginia, Lilly Ann Granderson secretly learned to read and write from her master's children. Lilly Ann read everything she could get her hands on, and through newspapers, she learned of places in the North where slavery had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620141639
• ISBN13: 9781620141632
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.9" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5