Melitte
By: by Fatima Shaik.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Slavery -- Fiction.; African Americans -- Fiction.; Sisters -- Fiction.; Louisiana -- History -- To 1803 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1772, years of mistreatment force thirteen-year-old Melitte to decide whether or not to run away from the Frenchman who has kept her as a slave on his poor Louisiana farm and leave the young girl who is the only person who ever loved her.