I thought my soul would rise and fly : the diary of Patsy, a freed girl / Joyce Hansen.
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TextSeries: Dear AmericaPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 2011, c1997.Edition: Library reinforced edDescription: 217 p. : ill., maps, music ; 20 cmISBN: - 0545266866
- 0545280907 (lib. bdg.)
- 9780545266864
- 9780545280907 (lib. bdg.)
- Diary of Patsy, a freed girl
- Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1998.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Dear Ame Hansen | Checked out | 06/22/2024 | 33111007107978 |
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Joyce Hansen's Coretta Scott King Honor Book I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!
In this Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Patsy, an orphaned slave with a bad leg and a quiet nature, is considered slow by the Davis family. But Patsy's smart-smart enough to learn to read and write on the sly. After the Civil War ends and slavery is abolshed, Patsy believes Master Davis's promise to pay the former house slaves and to provide education for the slave children. But when the master ignores this promise to establish a school, and the Freedmen's Bureau cannot provide a teacher, Patsy steps in to teach the students to read and write.
Hansen fills Patsy's diary with courage, conviction, and hope as she strives toward freedom.
"Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865"--Cover.
Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves.
Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 1998.