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Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
Ray Anthony Shepard
Illustrator: Keith Mallett
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-30704-2
Keywords: American history, fugitives, Martha Washington
A seemingly dignified life distinguished Ona Judge from other enslaved people but the only dignity that mattered to her was becoming free. Lyrical writing. Painterly illustrations.