Home is with our family /
Hansen, Joyce.
Home is with our family / At head of title: Black pioneers Joyce Hansen ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. - 1st ed. - New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, c2010. - 282 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Maria Peterson is looking forward to turning thirteen in 1855, attending abolitionist meetings and listening to inspiring speakers like Sojourner Truth. But her thirteenth year brings unexpected changes: the city of New York wants to turn her community, Seneca Village, into an enormous "Central Park." Now that Maria has made a new friend, she's even more determined to stay, but she soon discovers that her friend may have issues even more dire than being thrown out of her home. Will Maria be able to save her home and help her friend?
Ages 8-12.
0786852178 : $16.99 9780786852178 : $16.99
Abolitionists--Juvenile fiction.
African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Home is with our family / At head of title: Black pioneers Joyce Hansen ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. - 1st ed. - New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, c2010. - 282 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Maria Peterson is looking forward to turning thirteen in 1855, attending abolitionist meetings and listening to inspiring speakers like Sojourner Truth. But her thirteenth year brings unexpected changes: the city of New York wants to turn her community, Seneca Village, into an enormous "Central Park." Now that Maria has made a new friend, she's even more determined to stay, but she soon discovers that her friend may have issues even more dire than being thrown out of her home. Will Maria be able to save her home and help her friend?
Ages 8-12.
0786852178 : $16.99 9780786852178 : $16.99
Abolitionists--Juvenile fiction.
African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.