Martha and the Slave Catchers
New York : Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
When the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law passes, thirteen-year-old Martha, the daughter of abolitionists living in Connecticut, embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she travels south to save her kidnapped adopted brother Jake, the orphan of a runaway slave.
Subjects:
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction.
Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction.
Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 760L
ISBN:
9781609808006 (hardback)