Priscilla and the Hollyhocks - Hardcover

BROYLES, ANNE

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570916756 ISBN 13: 9781570916755

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

Priscilla is only four years old when her mother is sold to another master. All Priscilla has to remember her mother by are the hollyhocks she planted by the cow pond. At age ten, Priscilla is sold to a Cherokee family and continues her life as a slave. She keeps hope for a better life alive by planting hollyhocks wherever she goes. At last, her forced march along the Trail of Tears brings a chance encounter that leads to her freedom.

Includes an author's note with more details about this fascinating true story as well as instructions for making hollyhock dolls.

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Review:

"Priscilla and the Hollyhocks tells a story too often ignored or overlooked--a story of how the west was not won but captured. Reading about Priscilla's remarkable life makes all our hearts a bit warmer while filling our heads with a much-needed piece of American history."

Synopsis:

A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen children. Based on a true story; includes instructions for making a hollyhock doll.

About this edition

• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1570916756
• ISBN 13: 9781570916755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32