[LM_NET] BOOK: Gabriel's triumph by Hart

[Frederick Muller <mullinator52@GMAIL.COM>]

Hart, Alison. Gabriel's triumph [Racing to freedom trilogy #2]. 2007
[978-1-15645-410-5//1-15645-410-9]

In Kentucky, Grabriel is a recently freed slave and is a jockey for his
former master's horses.  He is getting quite a name for himself as a jockey
in 1864.  While the Civil War is ongoing, this is a story of life going on
during the war as usual possible.  Gabriel misses his father who has joined
the Union Army.  As a winning jockey, Gabriel is getting more
responsibilities around the farm.  I liked reading of a former slave during
the Civil War in a society that was trying to function in spite of the Civil
War.  So many stories make us readers think that there was pre-war, then the
war, and after-war.  Many times readers do not get a picture that life
continued even as the horrors of the war were going on.  There are
historical notes at the end. This 168 page book was a Junior Library Guild
acquisition.  Although it appears short, the type is close together and is
more of a read than one expects.  I will purchase book 1 and 3 now that I
have read this one.


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Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ
mullinator52@gmail.com
My book reviews are compiled at http://www.mullersreviews.com
My book review blog is at http://MullerInTheMiddle.blogspot.com

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