No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780763628765)

True vignettes and traditional verse, set against starkly powerful images, tell the story of enslaved Africans in America as it has never been told before.

A man who cannot swim leaps off a slave ship into the dark water. A girl defies the law by secretly learning to read and write. A future abolitionist regains his will to live by fighting off his captor with his bare hands: "I will not let you use me like a brute any longer," Frederick Douglass vows. Drawing from authentic accounts, here is a chronology of resistance in all its forms: comical trickster tales about outwitting "Old Marsa"; secret "hush harbors" where Africans instill Christian worship with their own rituals; and spirituals such as "Go Down Moses," whose coded lyrics signal not just hope for deliverance, but an active call to escape.

Boldly illustrated with extraordinary oil paintings by award-winning artist Shane W. Evans, and meticulously researched by Doreen Rappaport, this stunning collection -- spanning the period from the early days of slavery to the Emancipation Proclamation -- is an invaluable resource for teachers, parents, libraries, students, and people everywhere who care about what it means to be free, what it is to be human. Back matter includes important dates, a bibliography, resources for further information, and an index.

Author: Doreen Rappaport
ISBN-10: 076362876X
ISBN-13: 9780763628765
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2006
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 11.40h x 9.56w x 0.28d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 59485 / No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/09/2006 pg. 56