From Slave Ship to Freedom Road

Name: From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Julius Lester
ISBN: 9780525595038

Author: Julius Lester

Narrator: Cary Hite

Unabridged: 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 11/20/2018

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, History, Us History, Social Topics, Prejudice & Racism, African American & Black Nonfiction

Synopsis

Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. From the Middle Passage to the auction block, from the whipping post to the fight for freedom, this book presents not just historical facts, but the raw emotions of the people who lived them. Inspired by Rod Brown's vivid paintings, Julius Lester has written a text that places each of us squarely inside the skin of both slave and slaveowner. It will capture the heart of every reader, black or white, young or old.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A Booklist Editors' Choice Book

About The Author

Julius Lester has published many books of fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and poetry. Among the awards these books have received are the Newbery Honor Medal, American Library Association Notable Book, National Jewish Book Award Finalist, The New York Times Outstanding Book, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Caldecott Honor Book, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and a National Book Award Finalist. His books have been translated into eight languages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adriana on November 06, 2019

As an actual DESCENDANT of slaves who were stolen, raped, beaten, sold, maimed, tortured and killed by the millions, I believe they have the absolute prerogative to use the N-word in it's rawest most painful form to make people feel uncomfortable. It makes me feel uncomfortable! (And that's a good t......more

Goodreads review by Krystie on December 01, 2021

Sure, this is a picture book, but it's not for little kids. Rod Brown's powerful oil paintings depicting slavery, from the barbaric and gruesome Middle Passage through emancipation, are paired with Julius Lester's hard-hitting challenges to 21st-century Black and White people, never to discount what......more

Goodreads review by Emily on March 14, 2019

Upper level elementary slave life......more

Goodreads review by wildct2003 on February 02, 2020

A collection of short essays inspired by paintings in the book.......more