So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn? Extraordinary things happened to her, from the moment she fled the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children, until she found them and began a new life. Sarny's story gives a panoramic view of America in a time of trial, tragedy, and hoped-for change, until her last days in the 1930s.---from the publisher
192 pages 978-0440219736 Ages 12 and up
Keywords: historical fiction, slavery, education, running away, freedom, family, hope, courage, grit, Black Lives Matter, women, resilience, diversity, diverse books, 19th century, 20th century, 12 year old, 13 year old, 14 year old, Diversity: Resilience and Oppression, Louisiana, sequel
