From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Julius Lester. Puffin Books, $6.99 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-14-056669-7
""Brown's 21 paintings provide a cohesive narrative line and have a stunning power of their own, but the confrontational tone of the text may usurp readers' attention,"" said PW of this volume, which traces the African-American journey from the Middle Passage to post-Civil War emancipation. Ages 8-up. (Dec.)
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Reviewed on: 11/29/1999
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 40 pages - 978-0-8037-1893-7
Prebound-Sewn - 40 pages - 978-0-7807-9957-8