A picture of Freedom : the diary of Clotee, a slave girl

Title
: 
A picture of Freedom : the diary of Clotee, a slave girl

Author
: 
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017 author.

ISBN
: 
9780590259880

Publication Information
: 
New York : Scholastic, c1997

Physical Description
: 
192 p. : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Series
: 
Dear America.

Subject Term
: 
Slavery -- Fiction.
 
Underground railroad -- Fiction.
 
African Americans -- Fiction.
 
Literacy -- Fiction.
 
Diaries -- Fiction.

Genre
: 
Historical fiction.

Summary
: 
In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Lake Elmo LibraryJ FICTION DEAChildren's Fiction