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An Apple for Harriet Tubman
By Turner, Glennette Tilley & Keeter, Susan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80750-395-9
- Publisher
- Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Gr 1-4 Based on a distant relatives recollection about the woman who would become the conductor of the Underground Railroad, this story follows Harriet from her early slave days to adulthood as a free woman. As a child, her favorite job on the plantation was picking apples in the orchard. She washed and polished them for the people in the Big House, but she was never allowed to eat any of them. When she did steal one, she was beaten. Apples became a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
