If I Just Had Two Wings - Couverture souple

Schwartz, Virginia Frances

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773761926 ISBN 13 : 9780773761926

Editeur : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002

Synopsis

In her dreams, Phoebe twirls through rows of sea island cotton as a white dress blows around her knees like a breeze. As she dances, she loses all memory of being born a slave on an Alabama plantation. She lifts up her feet and flies high above the fields, as light as air. Before her a single white star shines.

Thirteen-year-old Phoebe has always dreamed of leaving her life as a slave behind. She has heard whispers about a secret path to freedom, and she has seen what can happen to those who take it and fail. But freedom means more to Phoebe than anything, and when she meets Liney, a strong young woman who picks cotton next to her, they form a plan to escape together.

One night, Poebe, Liney, and Liney's two small children flee under cover of darkness. Following clues from the songs and stories they have heard, the runaways elude slave catchers and reach the first stop on the Underground Railroad. It is only one safe house in a chain that leads all the way north to Canada. But between them and freedom, lie miles and miles of unfriendly country and dangers too horrible to imagine.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Virginia Frances Schwartz
is the author of a number of historical books for older readers, including Initiation, Send One Angel Down, and If I Just Had Two Wings, winner of the Silver Birch Award and the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction. She lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773761926
• ISBN 13: 9780773761926
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 221
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• Personne responsable: non disponible