Currents
Watertwon, MA : Charlesbridge, [2015]
Format: Book
Description: 326 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
In 1854 eleven-year-old Bones is a slave in Virginia who sends a bottle holding her real name and a trinket from her long-lost father down the James River--the currents carry it far away, ultimately uniting the lives of three young girls.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
Social classes -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Irish Americans -- Juvenile fiction -- Fiction.
Authorship -- Juvenile fiction.
Isle of Wight (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
Social classes -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Irish Americans -- Juvenile fiction -- Fiction.
Authorship -- Juvenile fiction.
Isle of Wight (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 860L
ISBN:
9781580896481 (reinforced for library use)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326).