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Author:

Armand, Glenda.

Title:

Love twelve miles long / by Glenda Armand ; illustrated by Colin Bootman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Lee & Low Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 27 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Mothers and sons--Fiction.
Douglass, Frederick,--1818-1895--Childhood and youth--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Bootman, Colin, ill.

Summary:

In 1820s Maryland, Frederick's mother, who is a slave on a different plantation, walks twelve miles each way for a nighttime visit with her son, during which she recounts what each mile of the journey represents. Based on the childhood of Frederick Douglass.

ISBN:

1600602452 (hbk.)
9781600602450 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)724642663

LCCN:

2011014275

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)