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Author:

Smolik, Jane Petrlik, author.

Title:

Currents / Jane Petrik Smolik.

Publisher:

Charlesbridge,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

326 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Identity--Juvenile fiction.
Social classes--Juvenile fiction.
Isle of Wight (England)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Irish Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Authorship--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326).

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1580896480
9781580896481

LCCN:

2014010491

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

OGPC877 -- Lenox Public Library (Lenox)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)