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Slave Girl

by Patricia McKissack

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In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

SlaveryJuvenile fictionSlavery, fictionChildren's fictionAfrican AmericansFiction