We spent a few days at Eliza's last week - and I found these treasures in the Little Free Library on her street. They were perfect for reading on the plane ride home - read them both in the 5 1/2 hours it took to fly back.
Stealing Freedom was about the Underground Railroad - and after our visit to the Museum of African American History and Culture, it was certainly pertinent.
Because it's based on a true story, the details seem even more compelling - this story deals with a free slave who has been promised by his wife's master that the family will never be split up and sold - and that the father can save to buy their freedoms.
Of course the master does not keep his word - and that's when the drama begins. This books seems like an especially good way to introduce a young person to all the issues surrounding slavery and the Underground Railroad.
I found it informative too - and I thought I knew a lot about these historical issues.
Give it a read!!
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit is also based on a true story. In fact, the author, whose father was a well-known writer and journalist in Berlin in 1933, has based the story on a two-year period in her own life when her father was prescient enough to recognize the threat that Hitler was to all Jews.
The story details their escape to Switzerland, then France, and finally England.
The story would be good for even younger readers, since there is nothing very graphic or scary.
Give it a look-see too!
