Readers will fall in love with Bolden's gentle lyricism as she unflinchingly unfolds a difficult story.

- starred review, Shelf Awareness on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK

Bolden . . . bravely concludes this concise, moving story with a historically accurate and horrifying ending.

- starred review, Publishers Weekly on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK

The well-executed premise, a compelling love story, and unique historical details will appeal to fans of Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea . . . This moving and engrossing portrayal of a little-known historical tragedy belongs on all YA shelves.

- starred review, School Library Journal on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK

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A poetic, raw, and extraordinary imagining of a little-known, shameful chapter in American history.

- starred review, Kirkus Reviews on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK

With keen insight, Bolden mines a lesser-known historical event and brings the human cost vividly to life . . . Bolden’s trenchant, powerful novel is a strong testament to the many lost lives that certainly did--and still do--matter.

- starred review, Booklist on CROSSING EBENEZER CREEK

In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime. As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie’s dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants. Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she’s ever encountered. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can’t refuse, she becomes Victoria. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. But when the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender.
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Readers will fall in love with Bolden's gentle lyricism as she unflinchingly unfolds a difficult story.
Another relevant, searing novel from critically acclaimed author: Tonya’s prose is absolutely beautiful, and she consistently earns starred reviews and awards. This story is set during the Reconstruction Era, and the narrator is the daughter of a character in Crossing Ebenezer Creek.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781681198071
Publisert
2019-01-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury YA
Vekt
386 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Tonya Bolden is a critically acclaimed award-winning author/co-author/editor of more than two dozen books for young people. They include Crossing Ebenezer Creek, which received five starred reviews; Finding Family, which received two starred reviews and was a Kirkus Reviews and Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year; Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl, a Coretta Scott King honor book and James Madison Book Award winner; MLK: Journey of a King, winner of a National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children; Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty, an ALSC Notable Children’s Book, CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, and winner of the NCSS Carter G. Woodson Middle Level Book Award. Tonya also received the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, DC’s Nonfiction Award. A Princeton University magna cum laude baccalaureate with a master’s degree from Columbia University, Tonya lives in New York City. www.tonyaboldenbooks.com