Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington's Runaway Slave

Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington's Runaway SlaveBased on an extraordinary true story, this young adult novel follows an young enslaved womans struggle to take what is rightfully hers. When I was four and my daddy left, I cried, but I understood. He had become part of the Gone. Oney Judge is a slave. But on the plantation of Mount Vernon, the beautiful home of George and Martha Washington, she is not called a slave. She is referred to as a servant, and a house servant at thata position of influence

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Mindy is determined to make her first official Chuseok one to remember

And when Cassie's neighbor

keeping on a brave face for her little sister

As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School

With its powerful tradition of storytelling

Lexile level:  680L

He lives in broken-down Bellmont

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she made history by being the first Black child to integrate William Frantz Elementary School