| Samuel's Choice Contributor(s): Berleth, Richard (Author), Watling, James (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0807572195 ISBN-13: 9780807572191 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 7.86" W x 9" (0.32 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6485 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Samuel is a fourteen-year-old enslaved African American in Brooklyn in 1776 when the fighting between the British and the colonists reaches his doorstep. Liberty ain't for Africans, says fellow servants. It got nothin' to do with us. But his friend Sana says, Nobody here's gonna be free unless they take the risk. Soon the well-equipped Redcoats have trapped ragged American soldiers, who have no boats to escape, and a terrible storm blows up. Samuel, a strong boatman, must decide what he should do. |