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A School for Pompey Walker
By Rosen, Michael J. & Robinson, Aminah Brenda Lynn
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15200-114-8
- Publisher
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace Children's Books, c1995.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1995
Gr 2-5 Inspired by a true story, the creators of Elijah's Angel (Harcourt, 1992) rejoin for this harrowing tale of a young freed slave who, with the help of a white man, sells himself back into slavery--39 times--to raise money for a school. The narrative is cast as an address delivered by 88-year-old Pompey Walker to the children of "his" school in 1923. He describes a slave's bitter life, the escape to Ohio with his first master's son-in-law (who became...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
