Abraham Lincoln: Letters from Slave Girl

By Andrea Davis Pinkney

The Dear Mr. President series brings history alive through fictitious correspondence between a president and a young person. These thought-provoking letters provide valuable insights into important... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890817600
• ISBN13: 9781890817602
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Winslowhouse International
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

The story of a slave girl as seen through her letters.

Twelve-year-old Lettie is a slave girl living on the Tucker Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1861. It is only because of the friendship of her owner's young daughter, Katherine, that Lettie and her family have not been separated Even though Katherine taught her to read and has ensured that her father is not cruel, Lettie still longs to be free. With more questions than answers caused by the outbreak of war, she takes a daring step and writes to President Abraham Lincoln with the question she must know the answer to - when will she finally be free? This was a moving story about the cruelty of slavery as seen through the story of a spirited young girl longing to be free. Even though the letters were fictional, they seemed so real.