Title: Calico girl
Description: Twelve-year-old Callie Wilcomb and her family are slaves, and the Civil War gives them hope that freedom may be on the horizon. With the possibility of Callie and her family escaping their bonds forever, Callie is eager to learn and become educated and hopes to teach others one day. Through hardship and loss with love and strong family ties Callie proves that freedom is in her stars.
Subjects: African American, Fiction, Civil war period, Slavery, History, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Family life, fiction, Virginia, fiction, African americans, fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction
Places: United States, Virginia
Time periods: 1850-1877