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Stealing Freedom

By Elisa Carbone

By Elisa Carbone

By Elisa Carbone

By Elisa Carbone

By Elisa Carbone
Read by Robin Miles

By Elisa Carbone
Read by Robin Miles

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Jan 09, 2001 | ISBN 9780440417071 | Middle Grade (8-12)

Ebook $6.99

Dec 30, 2008 | ISBN 9780307560193 | Middle Grade (8-12)

Audiobook Download $20.00

Dec 03, 2024 | 429 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Stealing Freedom

    Inspired by a true story, the riveting novel of a young slave girl’s harrowing escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

    The moment Ann Maria Weems was born, her freedom was stolen from her. Like her family and the other slaves on the farm, Ann works from sunup to sundown and obeys the orders of her master. Then one day, Ann’s family — the only joy she knows — is gone. Just 12 years old, Ann is overcome by grief, struggling to get through each day. And her only hope of stealing back her freedom and finding her family lies in a perilous journey: the Underground Railroad.

    Ann Maria Weems was an actual slave who lived in the mid-1800s near the author’s home in Maryland.

    About Stealing Freedom

    Twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems works from sunup to sundown, wraps rags around her feet in the winter, and must do whatever her master or mistress orders–but she has something that many plantation slaves don’t have. She has her wonderful family around her. To Ann, her teasing brothers, her older sister, and her protective and loving parents are everything. And then one day, they are gone.

    Separated from her family by her master and shipped off as a housemaid, Ann learns something about independence and about love before the opportunity for escape arrives. A white man risks his life for Ann, cuts her hair short, dresses her like a boy, and launches her on her journey on the Underground Railroad to Canada, her family, and finally to freedom.

    Until she was a teenager, Ann Maria Weems lived in the mid-1800s near the author’s home in Maryland. This fictionalized account of her extraordinary life is ideal for students, teachers, and parents hungry for interesting and informative reading in African-American history and the Underground Railroad.

    About Stealing Freedom

    Twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems works from sunup to sundown, wraps rags around her feet in the winter, and must do whatever her master or mistress orders–but she has something that many plantation slaves don’t have. She has her wonderful family around her. To Ann, her teasing brothers, her older sister, and her protective and loving parents are everything. And then one day, they are gone.

    Separated from her family by her master and shipped off as a housemaid, Ann learns something about independence and about love before the opportunity for escape arrives. A white man risks his life for Ann, cuts her hair short, dresses her like a boy, and launches her on her journey on the Underground Railroad to Canada, her family, and finally to freedom.

    Until she was a teenager, Ann Maria Weems lived in the mid-1800s near the author’s home in Maryland. This fictionalized account of her extraordinary life is ideal for students, teachers, and parents hungry for interesting and informative reading in African-American history and the Underground Railroad.

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    About Elisa Carbone

    Elisa Carbone taught in the Speech Communications department at the University of Maryland, but now she enjoys being a full-time writer and part-time rock climber, windsurfer, and white-water kayaker. “The physical exertion of the sports balances out the mental exertion of… More about Elisa Carbone

    About Elisa Carbone

    Elisa Carbone taught in the Speech Communications department at the University of Maryland, but now she enjoys being a full-time writer and part-time rock climber, windsurfer, and white-water kayaker. “The physical exertion of the sports balances out the mental exertion of… More about Elisa Carbone

    About Elisa Carbone

    Elisa Carbone taught in the Speech Communications department at the University of Maryland, but now she enjoys being a full-time writer and part-time rock climber, windsurfer, and white-water kayaker. “The physical exertion of the sports balances out the mental exertion of… More about Elisa Carbone

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jan 09, 2001 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780440417071

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Yearling
    Dec 30, 2008 | 272 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780307560193

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Dec 03, 2024 | 429 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9798217070473

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    Praise

    "A deftly crafted story with a strong, appealing heroine." — School Library Journal, Starred

    "Imaginatively and sensitively adapted from historical records, [Stealing Freedom] will evoke admiration for the courage of both those who resisted slavery and those who endured it." — Publishers Weekly, Starred

    "Riveting . . . a thrilling and hopeful novel." — Columbus Dispatch

    Awards

    ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 2000

    Arizona Young Readers Award NOMINEE 2002

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