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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