Only Passing Through
Born in 1797, and sold three times by the time she was 13 (and beaten  many more times), a tall young slave girl named Isabella grew in her  determination to fight the evils of slavery and speak for human rights. At the  age of 46, having been a free woman for 17 years, Isabella woke from a dream  telling her she must travel the country, conveying to people what it meant to be  a slave. On that day, Isabella renamed herself."It was as though the life she'd known up till then belonged to  someone else. A new one was beginning. The old life had become a tale to tell, a  story to bring freedom to others. Her old name belonged to her old life. From  that day on, she was never called Isabella again. Her name was Sojourner  Truth."Anne Rockwell's picture-book biography of the legendary and powerful messenger  of civil rights rings with authority and dignity, matched by Gregory Christie's  full-page impressionistic paintings featuring Truth's symbolically outsized head  and hands, and striking perspectives of both slaves and slave owners. Awash with  rich color, Christie's images will linger long with readers, as will Rockwell's  description of Sojourner Truth singing in the face of enraged, drunken  antiabolitionists. The author includes a historical note and a 19th century  timeline for further context. Rockwell is the noted author of more than 100  books for children, and Christie was the recipient of the Coretta Scott King  Honor for his illustrations inThe  Palm of My Heart. (Ages 8 to 12)--Emilie Coulter--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.