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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2015 | Elementary
Gr 2–5—In this inspiring picture book biography, Barton recounts how John Roy Lynch went from teenage slave to state representative in just 10 years during Reconstruction. The author describes how Lynch was born to an Irish father and an enslaved mother, making him "half Irish and all slave." Lynch learned to read and write and developed into an eloq...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
Reconstruction-era Mississippi is the setting of former slave Lynch's story, during which time he witnessed many ways in which slaves' hap...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
