A historical novel based on the story of Phillis Wheatley - the first African American female poet. It presents an intriguing and moving story of a young girl kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold, in 1761, as a slave to the wealthy Wheatley family of Boston.
Ann Rinaldi Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
Ann Rinaldi creëert historische fictie voor jongvolwassenen, die het verleden tot leven brengt met meeslepende authenticiteit. Haar werken, vaak gesitueerd in cruciale periodes van de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, bieden diepgaande inzichten in de levens van degenen die het verleden vormden. Rinaldi heeft de gave om lezers mee te nemen naar andere tijden en plaatsen door middel van boeiende verhalen en levendige personages. Haar schrijven is een viering van geschiedenis en de menselijke geest.
Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770.
The story explores Susanna's intense desire to fit in with a group of girls at the parsonage, unaware that their actions will ignite a wave of false accusations resulting in tragic consequences. As the witch-hunt escalates, Susanna grapples with a moral dilemma: remain silent and protect her social standing or speak out and potentially endanger her own family. The narrative delves into themes of peer pressure, the consequences of hysteria, and the struggle between loyalty and justice.
Great Episodes: The Secret of Sarah Revere
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- 12 uur lezen
Set against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War, the story follows thirteen-year-old Sarah Revere, who grapples with the duality of her father's heroic public persona and his hidden secrets. As she navigates her family's concealed truths, Sarah struggles with her own secret, which is causing her great inner turmoil. This narrative delves into themes of loyalty, trust, and the complexities of familial relationships during a pivotal moment in history.
Numbering All the Bones
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- 7 uur lezen
It is 1864. The Civil War is coming to an end, and Southern slaves are slowly gaining their freedom. But for 13-year-old Eulinda, a house slave on a plantation in Kentucky, it is the most difficult time of her life. Her yonger brother, falsely accused of stealing, has been sold. Then her older brother Neddy runs away. And Eulinda is left alone in a household headed by a cruel mistress--and a master who will not acknowledge that Eulinda is his daughter. With her trademark attention to detail and historical accuracy, Ann Rinaldi weaves a gripping tale of a girl caught between two worlds.
To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields of Virginia as well as a Union spy working in the house of Confederate sympathizer Rose O'Neal Greenhow in Washington, D.C.
History as you have never heard it - cartoons and amusing text and illustrations give readers the lowdown on what life was like in ancient Greece and in England under Roman occupation.
The Last Silk Dress
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- 12 uur lezen
High-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the wishes of her mother, Susan and her best friend, Connie, collect silk dresses from all the ladies of Richmond to make a balloon that will be used to spy on the Yankees. But the issues behind the war aren't as obvious as Susan thinks. When she meets her dashing, scandalous older brother and discovers why he was banished from the family, Susan unlocks a Pandora's box of secrets that forces her to rethink and challenge the very system she was born into. Does she have the courage to do what is right even though it may hurt the ones she loves?
