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From the award-winning author of All the Broken Pieces and Serafina's Promise comes a breathtaking new novel that is her most transcendent and widely accessible work to date. The day Grace is called from the slave cabins to work in the Big House, Mama makes her promise to keep her eyes down. Uncle Jim warns her to keep her thoughts tucked private in her mind or they could bring a whole lot of trouble and pain. But the more Grace sees of the heartless Master and hateful Missus, the more a rightiness voice clamors in her head-asking how come white folks can own other people, sell them on the auction block, and separate families forever. When that voice escapes without warning, it sets off a terrible chain of events that prove Uncle Jim's words true. Suddenly, Grace and her family must flee deep into the woods, where they brave deadly animals, slave patrollers, and the uncertainty of ever finding freedom. With candor and compassion, Ann E. Burg sheds light on a startling chapter of American history--the remarkable story of runaways who sought sanctuary in the Great Dismal Swamp--and creates a powerful testament to the right of every human to be free.

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Awards and Praise for All the Broken Pieces Jefferson Cup award winner Booklist Editors' ChoiceALA Best Books for Young AdultsIRA Notable Book for a Global SocietyALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults * [A] stirring debut novel . . . will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies. -- Booklist, starred review * The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review .. .the story is a lovely, moving one. -- School Library Journal Awards and Praise for Serafina's Promise Starred review from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal Kirkus Best Book of the YearParents' Choice Gold Award winnerSchool Library Journal Best Books of the YearNew York Public Library 100 Books for Giving and SharingThe Herald-Sun Wilde Award for Longer books, Middle grade novelCybils Awards Finalists, Middle Grade FictionNAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens nomineeALA Notable BookALA Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social StudiesMichigan Great Lakes Great Books Award nomineeBank Street College Children's Book Committee - Best Children's Books of the YearAmericas Award, Commended Title

Awards and Praise for All the Broken Pieces: Jefferson Cup award winner Booklist Editors' Choice ALA Best Books for Young Adults IRA Notable Book for a Global Society ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults *[A] stirring debut novel . . . will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies.--Booklist, starred review *The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review *Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past. --Publishers Weekly, starred review ...the story is a lovely, moving one. --School Library Journal Awards and Praise for Serafina's Promise: Starred review from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal Kirkus Best Book of the Year Parents' Choice Gold Award winner School Library Journal Best Books of the Year New York Public Library 100 Books for Giving and Sharing The Herald-Sun Wilde Award for Longer books, Middle grade novel Cybils Awards Finalists, Middle Grade Fiction NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens nominee ALA Notable Book ALA Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award nominee Bank Street College Children's Book Committee - Best Children's Books of the Year Americas Award, Commended Title

Awards and Praise for All the Broken Pieces: Jefferson Cup award winnerBooklist Editors' ChoiceALA Best Books for Young AdultsIRA Notable Book for a Global SocietyALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults*[A] stirring debut novel . . . will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies.--Booklist, starred review*The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review*Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past. --Publishers Weekly, starred review...the story is a lovely, moving one. --School Library JournalAwards and Praise for Serafina's Promise: Starred review from Kirkus Reviews and School Library JournalKirkus Best Book of the YearParents' Choice Gold Award winnerSchool Library Journal Best Books of the YearNew York Public Library 100 Books for Giving and SharingThe Herald-Sun Wilde Award for Longer books, Middle grade novelCybils Awards Finalists, Middle Grade FictionNAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens nomineeALA Notable BookALA Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social StudiesMichigan Great Lakes Great Books Award nomineeBank Street College Children's Book Committee - Best Children's Books of the YearAmericas Award, Commended Title

Awards and Praise for All the Broken Pieces Jefferson Cup award winner Booklist Editors' Choice ALA Best Books for Young Adults IRA Notable Book for a Global Society ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults * [A] stirring debut novel . . . will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies. --Booklist, starred review * The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past. --Publishers Weekly, starred review .. .the story is a lovely, moving one. --School Library Journal Awards and Praise for Serafina's Promise Starred review from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal Kirkus Best Book of the Year Parents' Choice Gold Award winner School Library Journal Best Books of the Year New York Public Library 100 Books for Giving and Sharing The Herald-Sun Wilde Award for Longer books, Middle grade novel Cybils Awards Finalists, Middle Grade Fiction NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens nominee ALA Notable Book ALA Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award nominee Bank Street College Children's Book Committee - Best Children's Books of the Year Am ricas Award, Commended Title

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Ann Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. All of her subsequent novels in verse have garnered multiple awards and starred reviews. Serafina's Promise was named an ALA Notable, a Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Unbound was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize, the Christopher Award, and an Arnold Adoff Poetry Honor. Flooded was a Bank Street College Claudia Lewis Award winner, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book (with outstanding merit), and a Junior Library Guild selection. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. Visit her online at annburg.com.

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