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Author:

Levitin, Sonia, 1934-

Title:

Dream freedom / Sonia Levitin.

Publisher:

Silver Whistle,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xii, 178 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Sudan--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Small things: Marcus's story -- Western United States -- Words of chiefs -- Dinkaland, Southern Sudan -- Dabora's song -- Northern Sudan -- Snake story: little one's story -- Dinkaland, Southern Sudan -- Initiation: Koor's story -- Dinkaland, southern Sudan -- Small things: Marcus's story -- Western United States -- Betrothal: Alier's story -- Northern Sudan -- Secret: Rasha and Rola's story -- Northern Sudan -- Bearing gifts: Angela's story -- Refugee camp, Nuba Mountains, Sudan -- Small things: Marcus's story -- Western United States -- Lucky one: Aziz's story -- Northern Sudan -- Way of the world: Dabora's story -- Northern Sudan -- Forever kin: Majok's story -- Refugee camp, Muba Mountains, Sudan -- Small things: Marcus's story -- Western United States -- Escape: Adot's story -- Northern Sudan -- Small things: Marcus's story -- Western United States -- Mercy: Man's story -- Dinkaland, Southern Sudan -- Author's note: History of Sudan -- Afterword -- Barbara Vogel -- Bibliography.

Summary:

Marcus and his classmates learn about the terrible problem of slavery in present-day Sudan and raise money to help buy the freedom of some of the slaves. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves.

ISBN:

9780152024048 (alk. paper)
0152024042 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

00035869

Locations:

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

RSSX851 -- Roland-Story High School Media Center (Story City)