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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2018 | Poetry
Gr 4–6—Large illustrations accompany narrative poems told from a variety of viewpoints that revolve around the escape of Mattie and Jeb, two young enslaved siblings, from a master who wants to sell them to pay off gambling debts. Both Mattie and Jeb tend to speak and think in fragments with little to distinguish them from each other ("I work hard but get no pay./The master collects it."; "Never a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
A series of first-person poems relate slave siblings Jeb and Mattie's escape to freedom in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on the Underground Railroad. Addi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
A series of first-person poems relate slave siblings Jeb and Mattie's escape to freedom in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on the Underground Railroad. Addi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
