A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 by Patricia C. McKissack

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859

Dear America #4

Patricia C. McKissack

231 pages first pub 1997 (editions) user-added

fiction historical middle grade young adult emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
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It's 1859, and Clotee, a twelve-year-old slave, has the most wonderful, terrible secret. She knows that if she shares it with the wrong person, she will face unimaginable consequences. What is her secret? While doing her job of fanning her master'...

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3.91
based on 681 reviews

Moods

emotional: 75%

inspiring: 62%

tense: 62%

sad: 50%

adventurous: 43%

informative: 43%

challenging: 31%

hopeful: 31%

reflective: 25%

dark: 18%

funny: 6%

lighthearted: 6%

mysterious: 6%


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