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01890aam a2200265 4500 001 E6E30D4E56B111EEB3013A8641ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230919010045 008 210426s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0316056677 020 $a 9780316056670 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Luqman-Dawson, Amina, $e author. 245 1 $a Freewater. 264 1 $a New York : $b Little, Brown and Company, $c 2022. 300 $a viii, 403 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children's escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home. Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20230814. 650 7 $a African Americans $v Young Adult Fiction. 650 $a Slavery $v Young Adult Fiction. 650 7 $a Siblings $v Young Adult Fiction. 650 $a Communities $v Young Adult Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20230919010822.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6E30D4E56B111EEB3013A8641ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search