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**Dear America: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly

by Joyce Hansen
Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the confusing time after the Civil War when she was granted her freedom! A Coretta Scott King Award Winner! 189 pages, Ages 8-12

Item Number: 496
Category:Contracted Braille Books in EBAE (the old braille code)

Price: $18.25
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This is a beautiful book for many reasons, all of which are more complex than the basic plot. The overall theme of the story is huge: what it means for anyone to be free. Historically, Patsy's tale explains that once the Civil War was over, slaves didn't necessarily just walk off the plantations. They didn't always know where to go or what to do. Patsy wants no part of her name to be associated with the misery of the Davis Plantation, so she ponders throughout the book what a suitable replacement will be. She is, after all, free to do that.

2011-08-11

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