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
characters: Patsy
genres: Fiction, African American, Diary, American History, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Civil War, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 5038
places: South Carolina
series: Dear America
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author Honor
publisher: Live Oak Media (NY)