Day of tears : a novel in dialogue
(2007)
By:
Lester, Julius
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
TEEN/FICTION/LESTER,J
0 Holds on 1 Copy
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007
EDITION
First Jump at the Sun paperback edition
DESCRIPTION
177 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1423104099 (pbk.), 9781423104094 (pbk.), 9781423104094, 1423104099 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes Q & A with the author
When gambling debts and greed enter into the Butler household, Pierce Butler decides to host the biggest slave auction in American history and breaks a promise by selling Emma, his most-valued slave and caretaker of his children--a decision that brings about unthinkable consequences
NP
Coretta Scott King Award, author, 2006