BOOK: A picture of freedom [Dear America] by McKissack

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

McKissack, Patricia C._ A picture of freedom_ [Dear America],
1997
The is the fictitious diary of a slave girl who learns to read and write
by watching a tutor teach the young white boy in the "big house"
while she fans them.  The complexity of the diary writing does not
match with what she says about herself in it.  It is a good story of
slavery and the underground railroad. There are extensive historical
notes at the end.  The complaint I have with this 195 page book is
the same as the other Dear America books.  They are not
presented as fiction. The epilogues at the end make them feel
especially real.  I will not purchase another in this series unless it
specifically covers an historic event which we study in our school.
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Frederick Muller
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