Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2008]
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen children. Based on a true story; includes instructions for making a hollyhock doll.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
Hollyhock -- Juvenile fiction.
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
Hollyhock -- Juvenile fiction.
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: AD700L
ISBN:
9781570916755 (reinforced for library use)