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Author:

Siegelson, Kim L.

Title:

Trembling earth / Kim L. Siegelson.

Publisher:

Philomel Books,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

152 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Fugitive slaves--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]).

Summary:

In 1864, two boys, one a slave running toward freedom and one hoping to collect the reward for capturing him, make their way through Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, relying on knowledge the white boy's father, disabled by the war, had passed on to him in happier times.

ISBN:

9780399240218
0399240217

LCCN:

2003023591

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)