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Author:

Cline-Ransome, Lesa.

Title:

Light in the darkness / by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrations by James E. Ransome.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Disney/Jump at the Sun Books,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

[33] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Reading--Juvenile fiction.
Learning--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Southern States--History--1775-1865--Juvenile fiction.
Reading--Fiction.
Learning--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Southern States--History--1775-1865--Fiction.
Reading--Fiction.
Education--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Southern States--History--Fiction.
Picture books for children.

Other Authors:

Ransome, James, ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal, December 2012
Kirkus Review, December 2012
School Library Journal
Kirkus Review

ISBN:

1423134958
9781423134954 (trade)

LCCN:

2012001834

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

RGPA371 -- Churdan Public Library (Churdan)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SGPD074 -- Evansdale Public Library (Evansdale)

VPPC384 -- Kling Memorial Library (Grundy Center)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)