Fires of Jubilee

By Alison Hart

Book Overview

ABBY IS FREE FROM SLAVERY BUT NOT FROM THE SECRETS OF HER PAST...
It's 1865 in the conquered South and things are not as they were before the war. Thirteen-year-old Abby Joyner still lives on the plantation where she was raised but she and her grandparents are free now and continue on for a small salary.
One thing is the same as it has always been, though -- Abby does not know what became of her mother. Why won't anyone tell her? Abby is determined to find the truth behind her disappearance. But answers are few and she is about to discover that, like freedom, the truth is harder to come by than she could have imagined.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689855281
• ISBN13: 9780689855283
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8

Customer Reviews

Emotions Ignited by Fires of Jubilee

The story of a young slave girl, who was left to be raised by her grandmother, wants to find her mother more than anything in the world. The mystery of why her mother left her and the joys and tribulations of newly found freedom, make this book riveting! I cried while I read this book. I would highly recommend this book to all readers, not just 9-12 year olds.