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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than a chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold -- dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his "workers",...