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Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-05661-8
Keywords: Africians Americans; Slavery; Brothers & Sisters; Survival Stories
After escaping the Southerland plantation, Homer and Ada join Freewater, a swampland community of formerly enslaved people. But can they ever return and free their mother? Brief historical note.