Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge. This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), 2021
- Hardcover
- Used
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Condition: Used - Good
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Item description from seller
Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Seller Inventory # G0374307040I3N10
- Title
- Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
- Author
- Shepard, Ray Anthony
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0374307040
- ISBN 13
- 9780374307042
- Illustrator
- Mallett, Keith
- Item weight
- 0.9 pounds
A powerful poem about Ona Judge's life and her self-emancipation from George Washington’s household.
Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President's wife, Martha. Ona was widely known for her excellent skills as a seamstress, and was raised alongside Washington’s grandchildren. Indeed, she was frequently mistaken for his granddaughter. This poetic biography follows her childhood and adolescence until she decides to run away.
Author Ray Anthony Shepard welcomes meaningful and necessary conversation among young readers about the horrors of slavery and the experience of house servants through call-and-response style lines. Illustrator Keith Mallett’s rich paintings include fabric collage and add further feeling and majesty to Ona’s daring escape.
With extensive backmatter, this poem may serve as a new introduction to American slavery and Ona Judge's legacy.
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About the Author
Keith Mallett has been drawing and painting for as long as he can remember. As an artist and designer he has created posters and fine art prints for over thirty years. He lives in San Diego with his wife Dianne and his German Shepherd Pi. How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz was his first children's book.
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