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Gr 5-8 Prometheus Jones, born to a Tennessee slave on the same day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, has always had good luck, and, at age 13, he wins a horse in a raffle. Before she died, "Mama always told I was the luckiest child on earth. Might ride that horse clear to Texas and never look back." Indeed, Prometheus uses his newly acquired transportation to flee the racist rednecks who accuse him of stealing the raffle...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In 1876 Tennessee, a winning raffle ticket stirs up trouble for African American Prometheus Jones, age thirteen, and his younger cousin Omer, when the Dill brothers, who had pawned the ticket off on them in lieu of wages, accuse Prometheus of stealing it. Prometheus and Omer escape with the raffle prize, a one-eyed horse named Good Eye, and set out to find Prometheus's father, who Prometheus believes was sold down to Texas before Emancipation. Prometheus's talent with horse...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In 1876 Tennessee, African American Prometheus Jones, thirteen, is wrongly accused of stealing a winning raffle ticket. With his yo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More