BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to FreedomA Newbery Honor Book In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. What have I to fear? My master broke every promise to me. I lost my beloved wife and our dear children. All, sold South. Neither my time nor my body is mine. The breath of life is all I have to lose. And bondage is suffocating me.

Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone

due to a mysterious estrangement between her mother and grandmother

leaving Priya behind

But at home

• 2018 Midwest Independent Publishing Association winner

this picture book is a powerful reminder for girls of color that they may be young

- Jeff Chang

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These issues take on greater meaning when Tweedy is himself diagnosed with a chronic disease far more common among black people

she packed a cotton bag for her with a few items

residents and students

With Gravity on their side