The Bell Rang (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442421134)

Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019

A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award winner James E. Ransome.

Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free.

An ode to hope and a powerful tribute to the courage of those who ran for freedom, The Bell Rang is a stunning reminder that our past can never be forgotten.

Author: James E. Ransome
ISBN-10: 1442421134
ISBN-13: 9781442421134
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Language: English
Published: 01/15/2019
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.20h x 10.00w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.8
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 501776 / Bell Rang

Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Shelf Awareness 01/29/2019
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2018 pg. 102
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Booklist 11/01/2018 pg. 55
Publishers Weekly 11/19/2018
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2019 pg. 82
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style