Powerful Slavery Title

Janet Halfmann’s Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story is a powerful slave story. I was not familiar at all with Robert Smalls but now that I’ve read this book - I am SURE to recommend it to others studying slavery or just interested in reading about the Civil War/Slavery, etc. Duane Smith’s illustrations are marvelous - they give you a rugged feel for the times. The powerful picture book tells an amazing story - I would read this to students WAY up even into middle school - it will be long-remembered.

Becky, a homeschool mom and part time Youth Services Librarian can be found In the Pages or with her kids at And Chloe Makes Six.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 at 4:00 am and is filed under Homeschool Bliss, Social Studies, Unit Studies. Tagged with: Books, civil war, non-fiction, slavery