My Family Shall Be Free! The Life of Peter Still
by Fradin, Dennis Brindell
BCCB Blue Ribbon BookJefferson Cup Award/HonorBiographies/AutobiographiesBlack PeopleFamilyEnslaved PeopleNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesJunior Library Guild Selection
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AR Book Level
7.0
AR Points
6
Word Count
38,153
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
45343 EN
About this book
This is the true story of Peter Still, who bought his freedom after more than forty years of being a slave, who searched for and found his mother and siblings he had never known, and who returned to the South to free his wife and children.
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