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Cover of Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan

by Ashley Bryan

Picture book · ages 8–12 · 680L (~3rd grade) · 2016

Why we'd hand it over

Ashley Bryan's collages and spare prose elevate eleven real people from statistics into vivid human beings; this is how you teach slavery to children without flinching or flattening.

Where to get it

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