Letters from a slave boy : the story of Joseph Jacobs / Mary E. Lyons.
by Lyons, Mary E.
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BookPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: 197 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0689878672.Other title: Joseph Jacobs.Subject(s): Jacobs, Joseph, b. 1829 -- Fiction | Slavery -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Letters -- Fiction | Historical fictionDDC classification: [Fic] Summary: A fictionalized look at the life of Joseph Jacobs, son of a slave, told in the form of letters that he might have written during his life in pre-Civil War North Carolina, on a whaling expedition, in New York, New England, and finally in California during the Gold Rush.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197).
Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007
School Library Journal, February 2007
Booklist, January 2007
Horn Book, March 2007
Kirkus Review, November 2006
Library Media Connection, April 2007
Kliatt, January 2007
Black Issues Book Review, January 2007
A fictionalized look at the life of Joseph Jacobs, son of a slave, told in the form of letters that he might have written during his life in pre-Civil War North Carolina, on a whaling expedition, in New York, New England, and finally in California during the Gold Rush.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.3 5.0 114033
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