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Miles' Song
By McGill, Alice
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39597-938-9
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2000
Gr 6-8 Miles is a 12-year-old slave training to work as a house servant to a South Carolina plantation owner and his family. When he is caught looking at the inside of a book, he is sent off to the "breaking ground" to have his spirit broken. Unfortunately for the master, Miles's experience there does just the opposite. A slave named Elijah recognizes the boy's intelligence and teaches him to read and write. Miles begins to think about how he might gain his freedom. When he returns to the plantation, he manages to become a field h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
