Good fortune
By: Noni Carter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416984801
Subjects: Slavery -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Youths' writings; Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Brutally kidnapped from her African village and shipped to America, a young girl struggles to come to terms with her new life as a slave, gradually rising from working in the fields to the master's house, secretly learning to read and write, until, risking everything, she escapes to seek freedom in the North.