02788cam a2200373 4500 986494081 TxAuBib 20230927120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316056748 031605674X B09G2RBTCQ Amazon f9fa31c4-22bc-4653-af2c-ebd5ba88f918 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8328498 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Luqman-Dawson, Amina. Freewater [Libby]. Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2964kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. African American Fiction. Juvenile Fiction. Juvenile Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:Winner of the John Newbery Medal Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award  Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. After an entire young life of enslavement, twelve-year-old Homer escapes Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, leaving his beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the recesses of the swamp. In this new, free society made up of escaped slaves and some born-free children, Homer cautiously embraces a set of spirited friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he hatches a plan to return to Southerland plantation, overcome his own cautious nature, and free his mother from enslavement. Loosely based on a little-mined but important piece of history, this is an inspiring and deeply empowering story of survival, love, and courage. . 3. Media Type: eBook. Newbery Medal. Coretta Scott King Book Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-09-27 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f9fa31c4-22bc-4653-af2c-ebd5ba88f918&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f9fa31c4-22bc-4653-af2c-ebd5ba88f918&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=f9fa31c4-22bc-4653-af2c-ebd5ba88f918&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)