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Author McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017

Title Let my people go : Bible stories told by a freeman of color to his daughter, Charlotte, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-16 / by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack ; illustrated by James E. Ransome.

Publication Info. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1998]
©1998
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 220.9 MCKISSACK    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  J220.9 MCK    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J MCKISSACK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J MCKISSACK    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 221 McKISSACK    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 221.9 MCK    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J 221.9 MCK    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vii, 134 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Note "An Anne Schwartz book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134).
Summary The daughter of a free black man who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls the stories from the Bible that her father shared with her, relating them to the experiences of African Americans.
Contents Something wonderful out of nothing (The Creation) -- Making choices (The fall of Cain and Abel) -- The big water (Noah and the flood) -- A love worth waiting for (Jacob and Rachel) -- How can you forgive? (The story of Joseph) -- God will not hold with wrong (Moses and the Exodus) -- Your God is my god (Ruth and Naomi) -- To slay a giant (The wisdom of Solomon) -- No greater love (Queen Esther) -- By faith (Daniel the prophet) -- Chain of faith, hope and love (The Book of Proverbs)
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 5.0 35391.
Subject African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Bible stories -- O.T.
Added Author McKissack, Fredrick.
Ransome, James, illustrator.
ISBN 0689808569
9780689808562
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