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A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery
By GADDY, Kristina R.
- ISBN
- 9780593855522
- Publisher
- Dutton
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Starred Review on June 1, 2025 | Middle To High School
Gr 8 Up—Gaddy follows the friendships, romances, ambitions, and insecurities of four teenage children of famous abolitionists who grew up steeped in their families' fervent values and lifestyles, becoming staunch abolitionists themselves. Gaddy's documentary-style use of newspaper clippings, personal letters, and alternating third-person narration relates the lives of George Garrison (son of William Lloyd Garrison), Lewis Douglass (son of Frederick Douglass), Lucy McKim (daughter of Miller McKim), and Charlotte Forten (granddaughter of James Forten) from the early 1850s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
