Sound the Jubilee

by Sandra Forrester

Book Overview

A slave and her family find refuge on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, during the Civil War. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140379304
• ISBN13: 9780140379303
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

good book

The plot of the story Sound the Jubilee has four surprising events. First, one of the mistress's son dies at war, leaving the other to fend for himself. This causes much fear of the Yankees in the mistress. Finally, one day when the mistress can't take the fear and pain from her son's death she takes her favorite slave family and goes to her summerhouse on Nags Head, where her summerhouse is. After everyone gets calm and settled at the Nags Head house, Maddie's father, Titus, hears that the Yankees are on Roanoke Island. Last, the slave family decides to risk escaping in the night to Roanoke because of Titus's strong desire to be free. These are the four highpoints in the book Sound the Jubilee .

A great story about a girl's escape from slavery.

Sound The Jubilee is a great book. Maddie, an 11 year old slave girl, suddenly finds herself and her family free on Roanoke Island. As they start to adjust to a life of freedom, Maddie learns that all people have their good points, and their bad points. I would recommend this book to a friend. One reason is because it told about the life of slaves and most important it explains human nature. I think this is a great book and I'm glad I read it.

THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT BOOK!

This book was an excellent book which told us not even half of the terrible things that the owners did to slaves! I liked that Maddie (main character) was really strong! I know that the Civil War was a terrible war! I know that everyone is different! I wish that there would be peace in the world, and that people didn't judge others by their skin tones! Its like saying " Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover"! That is a really important saying and we should all cherish it! That is really what this book is about! This book was really good!

This book is my favorite of the MANY books I've read.

I remember just picking it up so I wouldn't get in trouble for not having a book during S.S.R. When I started to read, I couldn't put it down! My teach eventually gave it to me so I could finish reading it. It's great for mature readers, a wonderful book!