The Bell Rang ~ SIGNED
Language: English
Published by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2019
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- New
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New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Brand new, never read. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, later printing. Hardcover: new. Dust jacket: new. Personally signed by the author to the full title page. Not a tip in. Not a bookplate. Signed and dated by the author to the full title page! "Keep Reading! 2023" Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for years of worry free reading/collecting! Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award winner James E. Ransome. Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free. An ode to hope and a powerful tribute to the courage of those who ran for freedom, The Bell Rang is a stunning reminder that our past can never be forgotten.…
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- Title
- The Bell Rang ~ SIGNED
- Author
- Ransome, James E.
- Publisher
- Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1442421134
- ISBN 13
- 9781442421134
- Illustrator
- Ransome, James E.
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019
A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award winner James E. Ransome.
Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free.
An ode to hope and a powerful tribute to the courage of those who ran for freedom, The Bell Rang is a stunning reminder that our past can never be forgotten.
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