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Day of tears : a novel in dialogue
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Day of tears : a novel in dialogue
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First-person historical fiction that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debt.
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Title
Day of tears : a novel in dialogue
Call No
FIC LES
Edition
First edition.
Authors
Lester, Julius
Subjects
Slave trade--Fiction.
Slaves--United States--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Savannah (Ga.)--History--Fiction.
Historical Fiction
Genre(TITLE)
Historical Fiction
Language
English
Published
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, [2005]
Publication Desc
177 pages ;
ISBN
0786804904
Dimensions
20 cm.
Awards Note
California Young Reader Medal Nominee, Middle School/Junior High, 2008 Coretta Scott King Award, 2006