Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
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- 10 ore di lettura
Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life available as a young reader's edition!
Kathleen DeMarco Van Cleve è un'autrice le cui opere approfondiscono le profonde emozioni umane e le complessità delle relazioni interpersonali. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una penetrante profondità psicologica e dalla capacità di rappresentare personaggi con notevole realismo. Attraverso il suo stile unico, offre ai lettori narrazioni coinvolgenti e stimolanti. Il suo lavoro esplora temi universali come l'amore, la perdita e la ricerca di significato nella vita.




Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington's runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life available as a young reader's edition!
A revelatory account of the actions taken by the first president to retain his slaves in spite of Northern laws. Profiles one of the slaves, Ona Judge, describing the intense manhunt that ensued when she ran away.--NoveList.
"Paints a vivid portrait of heroic Susie King Taylor, one of the first Black nurses during the Civil War, who valiantly fought for the rights of her people, including establishing a postbellum educational system for formerly bonded Black people"--
Eleven-year-old Polly Peabody needs to make it start raining again. It rains every Monday afternoon on her family's rhubarb farm, until one Monday, when 1:00 P.M. passes without one raindrop. And then Polly's brother gets sick. Polly has to figure out how everything is connected and make it rain before her Aunt Edith sells the farm. Maybe with the help of her best friend, a talking rhubarb plant named Harry, Polly can face her fears and uncover her family's magical secret.