Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge - Couverture rigide

Shepard, Ray Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374307040 ISBN 13 : 9780374307042

Editeur : Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 2021

Synopsis

Runaway is a powerful, lyrical OwnVoices picture book about the enslavement of Ona Judge and her self-emancipation from George Washington's household.

Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President's wife, Martha. Ona was widely known for her excellent skills as a seamstress, and was raised alongside Washington's grandchildren. Indeed, she was frequently mistaken for his granddaughter. This biography follows her childhood and adolescence until she decides to run away.

This book doesn't shy away from the horrors of slavery, nor the complex role of house servants. Author Ray Anthony Shepard implicates the reader in Ona's decision to emancipate herself by using a rhetorical refrain, "Why you run, Ona Judge?" This haunting meditation welcomes meaningful and necessary conversation among readers. Illustrator Keith Mallett's rich paintings include fabric collage and add further feeling and majesty to Ona's daring escape.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ray Anthony Shepard is a former teacher and retired editor-in-chief of a major education publishing company. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Education and the Harvard Graduate School Education where he received a Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. His books for children include Now or Never!: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry's War to End Slavery and Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge.

Keith Mallett has been drawing and painting for as long as he can remember. As an artist and designer he has created posters and fine art prints for over thirty years. He lives in San Diego with his wife Dianne and his German Shepherd Pi. How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz was his first children's book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374307040
• ISBN 13: 9780374307042
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Mallett Keith
• Nombre de pages: 40
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible