Synopsis
Illus. in full color. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a
reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running
away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground
Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in
her scrap bag to make a map of the land--a freedom quilt--that no master will
ever suspect. "A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to younger
children, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficult
but important chapter in the country's past."--(starred) "Horn Book."
"This first-rate book is a triumph of the heart."--(starred) "Publishers
Weekly.
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Review
" A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to younger children, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficult but important chapter in the country's past." --(starred) "Horn Book."
" This first-rate book is a triumph of the heart." --(starred) "Publishers Weekly. "
-A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to younger children, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficult but important chapter in the country's past.---(starred) Horn Book.
-This first-rate book is a triumph of the heart.---(starred) Publishers Weekly.
"A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to younger children, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficult but important chapter in the country's past."--(starred) Horn Book.
From the Author
A Note from the Author
SWEET CLARA is a work of fiction, inspired by hearing a story some years ago on National Public Radio about slave quilts. Now, a new book by Jacqueline Tobin and Raymond Dobard, HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW, A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, presents research that a secret code really did exist.
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