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The letter writer : a novel / Ann Rinaldi.
A young girl who serves as letter writer for her blind stepmother is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest slave uprisings in the history of America.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780152064020 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 217 [1] p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-[218]). |
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| Subject: | Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 > Fiction. Southampton Insurrection, 1831 > Fiction. Slavery > Fiction. African Americans > Fiction. Virginia > History > 1775-1865 > Fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitimat Public Library | Y Rin (Text) | 32665001404567 | Youth Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Befriending a slave preacher who comes to her family's plantation to give sermons, eleven-year-old Harriet draws him a map to help him get around the county to spread his message of forgiveness, but when it turns out that the preacher has used the map to assist him in a slave uprising, Harriet is left feeling responsible for deadly events that unfold. 20,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
A young girl who serves as letter writer for her blind stepmother is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest slave uprisings in the history of America. - Harcourt PublishingEleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead is an outsider in her own family. She feels accepted and important only when she is entrusted to write letters for her blind stepmother. Then Nat Turner, a slave preacher, arrives on her familyâs plantation and Harriet befriends him, entranced by his gentle manner and eloquent sermons about an all-forgiving God. When Nat asks Harriet for a map of the county to help him spread the word, she draws it for himâwanting to be part of something important. But the map turns out to be the missing piece that sets Natâs secret plan in motion and makes Harriet an unwitting accomplice to the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history.Award-winning historical novelist Ann Rinaldi has created a bold portrait of an ordinary young girl thrust in to a situation beyond her control.
- Harcourt PublishingEleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead, who serves as the "letter writer" for her blind stepmother, is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest and most effective slave uprisings in the history of America.
- HoughtonEleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead is an outsider in her own family. She feels accepted and important only when she is entrusted to write letters for her blind stepmother. Then Nat Turner, a slave preacher, arrives on her familyâs plantation and Harriet befriends him, entranced by his gentle manner and eloquent sermons about an all-forgiving God. When Nat asks Harriet for a map of the county to help him spread the word, she draws it for himwanting to be part of something important. But the map turns out to be the missing piece that sets Natâs secret plan in motion and makes Harriet an unwitting accomplice to the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history.Award-winning historical novelist Ann Rinaldi has created a bold portrait of an ordinary young girl thrust in to a situation beyond her control.
- HoughtonEleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead, who serves as the "letter writer" for her blind stepmother, is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest and most effective slave uprisings in the history of America.
