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Skylark: Flight to Freedom

Skylark: Flight to Freedom - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kathryn Talalay, Jane McIlvaine (Illustrator)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:01/06/25Pages:136
Language:EnglishPublisher:Gatekeeper PressISBN-13:9781662959523ISBN-10:1662959524UPC:9781662959523Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Historical, Magical RealismBook Topic:United StatesSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SC13TZKBHS

Desperate for freedom, a young Black girl embarks on a harrowing journey, hoping to stay one step ahead of slavecatchers and their bloodhounds. A young Black boy, who lives on the same plantation, also makes his own perilous escape. Crammed inside a wooden crate, he secretly ships himself North, entrusting his fate to a steamer headed for New York. They both hope to find each other again, far from the shackles of enslavement.

Skylark: Flight to Freedom is a YA novel that transports readers from 1840s Virginia-when a third of its population was enslaved-to the present day. It traces the parallel journeys of two teenagers-Skylark and Douglass-united by love and a shared hope for freedom. In the African tradition of magical realism, celestial stars speak, a Black conjurer shapeshifts, serpents leave false clues, and a quilt guides Skylark toward a new life. Full-color illustrations vividly bring to life this tale of courage and hope during one of America's darkest periods.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Gatekeeper PressISBN-13:9781662959523ISBN-10:1662959524UPC:9781662959523Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Historical, Magical RealismBook Topic:United StatesSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SC13TZKBHS
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press

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