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Title: Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Wendell Minor, Harriette Robinet ISBN: 0689833172 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent story of determination in Reconstruction South
Comment: I'm surprised to see very few reviews posted here for this excellent award-winning work of historical fiction for middle readers. This Scott O'Dell Award winner about African-American life in the South is in the same tradition as the renowned "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" books by Mildred Taylor.
Here we get on an emotional roller-coaster ride as we follow the lives of three young ex-slaves during the early days of Reconstruction in 1865. Gideon returns from following General Sherman to his former plantation to retrieve his younger crippled brother, Pascal, and his orphaned friend Nelly. In their quest to find the "forty acres and maybe a mule" in Georgia, that had been promised by General Sherman, they befriend a grandfatherly carpenter, and his long-lost granddaughter, to create a new family.
The harsh realities of unjust treatment by white nightriders, who are trying to force emancipated slaves to return to their plantations, are tempered by various friendly white people who help them find their forty acres, open a school for the children, register them to vote, who become neighbors, etc.
This is a story of determination, hard work, rebuilding lives and families, of hope, peace, and love, in the face of discrimination and cruelty.
A seldom recognized historical fact is woven into this well-researched tale: the party of Lincoln, the Republican Party, was the original party of Civil Rights. The impact of the death of Lincoln on these emancipated slaves that were given land is dramatically portrayed here. And the quick backpedaling of his successor, Andrew Johnson, becomes a painful reality for nearly 39,000 black landowners just months after he takes office.
This book deserves a wider reading by upper elementary through middle school students and their teachers, especially when discussing the facts surrounding the impact of the Civil War and early Reconstruction efforts in the South.
Rating: 5
Summary: Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Comment: The events in this book kept me on the edge of mt seat. My emotions were in constant turmoil. At times I found myself full of joy and hope for the City family. The very next moment, I was experiencing fear and sorrow, not knowing whether the family could survive the constant dangers presented by the nightriders. A major theme throughout this book is man against society. Robinet allows the reader to enter the world of ex-slaves during the reconstruction period. The reader is able to experience the fears and the joys of the characters. The true historical events presented help the reader to understand the brutality of slavery. Readers can also see that this brutality did not end when President Lincoln freed the slaves. Readers can also see how the characters changed during the telling of this story. Pascal learns that he is a worthwhile person even though he has a physical disability. Gideon learns that he is a man whether or not he owns land. He and the others learn that freedom is about having dignity. The land can be taken, but freedom can't be taken away from you.
Rating: 5
Summary: wow and it really happened
Comment: This book is very well written. As fiction it is enjoyable. As history it is accurate and informative. My fifth grade students were thrilled to find that their history book mentioned the same events of the Reconstruction as did the novel.Harriette Gillem Robinet is a great author for middle school.
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Title: Children of the Fire by Harriette Robinet ISBN: 0689839685 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Sounder by William H. Armstrong, James Barkley ISBN: 0064400204 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: SHADES OF GRAY by Carolyn Reeder, Tim O'Brien ISBN: 0689826966 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues by Raul Colon, Harriette Robinet ISBN: 0689838867 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Call of the Wild by Jack London, Dwight Swain ISBN: 0812504321 Publisher: Prentice Hall (K-12) Pub. Date: 1990 List Price(USD): $2.99 |
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