num_pages: 100
description: Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves.
language: English
title: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
titlecomplete: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (Dear America)
characters: Patsy
genres: Historical, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, African American, American History, Diary, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Civil War
ratings_count: 5039
places: South Carolina
series: Dear America
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor
publisher: Scholastic