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Summary:

"Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home. Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Prologue
• The Journey
• Freewater
• The return
• A note from Amina.

Author/Creator:

Luqman-Dawson, Amina , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Freewater [by Luqman-Dawson, A.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Freewater [by Luqman-Dawson, A.] (First edition; New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022 — ISBN 9780316447928; OCLC Number 1294303664)

Related Series:

James Patterson presents

Subjects:

African Americans — Juvenile fiction

Slavery — Juvenile fiction

Siblings — Juvenile fiction

Communities — Juvenile fiction

African Americans

Slavery

Siblings

Communities

Genres:

Historical fiction

Fiction

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Newbery Medal, 2023
Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2023
Horn Book Fanfare List, 2022

Audience:

Children
Preteens
Ages: 8-12.
Grades: 3-7.
Reading grade level: L: 4.6.

Physical Description:

viii, 403 pages ; 21 cm.

Call Numbers:

JFic L967fr

ISBNs:

9780316056618 (hardcover)
0316056618 (hardcover)
9780316056670 (paperback)
0316056677 (paperback)
9780316056748 (electronic book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021016150

OCLC Numbers:

1249704808