Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Seeking Freedom: The Untold Story of Fortress Monroe and the Ending of Slavery in America
Selene Castrovilla
Illustrator: E.B. Lewis
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-63592-582-1
Keywords: Civil War, Franklin Butler, Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation
In 1861 George Scott, an enslaved person seeking freedom and safety, worked with the Union commander of Fortress Monroe in Virginia to save the fort. Expressive watercolors. Extensive back matter