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Author Rosa, Sonia, 1959- author.

Title When the slave Esperança Garcia wrote a letter / written by Sonia Rosa ; illustrated by Luciana Justiniani Hees ; translated by Jane Springer.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2015.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J869.3 ROSA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J GLOBAL INFO 869.3 ROS    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Note Translation of: Quando a escrava Esperança Garcia escreveu uma carta.
Found in 1979 in the archives of Piaui, the original letter is archived in Lisbon, Portugal.
Summary Esperanca Garcia, a literate slave, was moved from a Jesuit cotton farm in Brazil to be a cook, away from her husband and some of her children and wrote a letter to the governor asking to be returned to the cotton farm.
Audience Grades 2-6.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 0.5 176568.
Form Issued also in electronic format.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject Garcia, Esperança.
Slavery -- Brazil -- Piauí -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Springer, Jane, translator.
Hees, Luciana Justiniani, illustrator.
Added Title Quando a escrava Esperança Garcia escreveu uma carta. English
Other Form: Rosa, Sonia. Quando a escrava Esperança Garcia escreveu uma carta. English When the slave Esperança Garcia wrote a letter. (CaOONL)20159001099
ISBN 9781554987290 (bound)
1554987296 (bound)
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