Book Detail
Now Let Me Fly |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Johnson, Dolores | Illustrator: Johnson, Dolores |
| Title: Now Let Me Fly | Date: 1993 |
| Publisher: Macmillan | City: New York, NY |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-02-747699-5 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken from her homeland and sold into slavery. The epilogue carries the story forward to the Emancipation Declaration. | |
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| Students may want to read this book silently and respond by writing in journals or telling their family stories. Students may want to trace the imagery of flying to freedom through other books, song, and folk art. The book fits naturally into a unit on slavery. Perhaps students could each choose one of the many books on slavery (for example, with Lawrence's Harriet and the Promised Land, Berry's Ajeemah and His Sons, Paulsen's Nightjohn, McKissacks' Christmas in the Big House); analyze the book according to content, format, and effectiveness; and make a presentation to the class. | |
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