Freedom's a-Callin Me (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061337413)

Award-winning poet Ntozake Shange and artist Rod Brown reimagine the journeys of the brave men and women who made their way to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Fleeing on the Underground Railroad meant walking long distances; swimming across streams; hiding in abandoned shanties, swamps, and ditches, always on the run from slave trackers and their dogs.

ah might get hungry
ah may get tired
good Lawd /
ah may be free

The Underground Railroad operated on secrecy and trust. But who could be trusted?

There were free black and white men and women helping, risking their lives, too. Because freedom was worth any risk. Celebrated collaborators Ntozake Shange and Rod Brown pay tribute to the Underground Railroad, a universal story about the human need to be free.

ah am a livin bein' & ah got to be free

Author: Ntozake Shange
ISBN-10: 0061337412
ISBN-13: 9780061337413
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.31h x 11.39w x 0.37d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151080 / Freedom's A-Callin Me


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/28/2011
School Library Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 142
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2012
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2012 pg. 111
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2012 pg. 2462
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 80
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 172 - Superior,Well Above Average