Selected Workshistorical fiction
A freed girl becomes a heroine during the Reconstruction era.
In The Captive, Kofi is kidnapped in Africa and enslaved in New England.
nonfiction
"...There is fine reading here for both research and pleasure..." -School Library Journal |
"Bury Me Not in a Land of Slaves": African Americans in the Time of Reconstruction"...a detailed synopsis of the brutal, complex era following the Civil War. Remarkably concise introductory chapters lay the historical groundwork for the period..." - Booklist |