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Trouble Don't Last Trade paperback - 2003
by Shelley Pearsall
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- Paperback
Samuel, an 11-year-old Kentucky slave, and Harrison, the elderly slave who helped raise him, attempt to escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad in this acclaimed novel that includes historical notes and a map.
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Details
- Title Trouble Don't Last
- Author Shelley Pearsall
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yearling, New York, New York
- Date December 2003
- Features Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 7567
- ISBN 9780440418115 / 0440418119
- Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.02 x 5.82 x 0.64 in (17.83 x 14.78 x 1.63 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 720
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Theometrics: Secular
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he's ever known--until one dark night in 1859, that is. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed and, together, they run. The journey north seems much more frightening than Master Hackler ever was, and Samuel's not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the secret of his own past--and future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life--and a poignant reunion--in Canada.In a heartbreaking and hopeful first novel, Shelley Pearsall tells a suspenseful, emotionally charged story of freedom and family. Trouble Don't Last includes an historical note and map.From the Hardcover edition.
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Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he's ever known--until one dark night in 1859, that is. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed and, together, they run.
The journey north seems much more frightening than Master Hackler ever was, and Samuel's not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the secret of his own past--and future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life--and a poignant reunion--
in Canada.
In a heartbreaking and hopeful first novel, Shelley Pearsall tells a suspenseful, emotionally charged story of freedom and family. "Trouble Don't Last includes a historical note and map.
The journey north seems much more frightening than Master Hackler ever was, and Samuel's not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the secret of his own past--and future. And old Harrison begins to see past a whole lifetime of hurt to the promise of a new life--and a poignant reunion--
in Canada.
In a heartbreaking and hopeful first novel, Shelley Pearsall tells a suspenseful, emotionally charged story of freedom and family. "Trouble Don't Last includes a historical note and map.
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 02/02/2004, Page 0
- PW Notes and Reprints, 02/02/2004, Page 80