A Girl Called Boy (Paperback)
| Author: Belinda Hurmence |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN-10: 0618689257
ISBN-13: 9780618689255
Sku: 202168683
Publish Date: 4/10/2007
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 7.5H x 5.25L x 0.5T
Pages:
168
Age Range:
12 to 16
See more in Historical / United States / 19th Century
| A pampered young African-American girl finds herself mysteriously transported back in time to the days of slavery. |
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From the Publisher: An eleven-year-old Black girl nicknamed Boy is transported to the North Carolina of the 1850s and must figure out a way to evade slave catchers and plantation owners and return to her own time. Reissue. A pampered young African-American girl finds herself mysteriously transported back in time to the days of slavery. An eleven-year-old African American girl nicknamed Boy is transported to the North Carolina of the 1850s and must figure out a way to evade slave catchers and plantation owners and return to her own time. |
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Blanche Overtha Yancey (nicknamed Boy) is a pampered African-American girl who lives with her family in North Carolina. Generations ago, Boy's ancestors were slaves, but she scorns this aspect of her family history. Then she finds herself magically transported back in time to the 1850s, where she experiences life as a slave. Many of Boy's fictional adventures are based on actual plantation records and oral slave narratives.
Blanche Overtha Yancey (nicknamed Boy) is a pampered African-American girl who lives with her family in North Carolina. Generations ago, Boy's ancestors were slaves, but she scorns this aspect of her family history. Then she finds herself magically transported back in time to the 1850s, where she experiences life as a slave. Many of Boy's fictional adventures are based on actual plantation records and oral slave narratives.
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