Grimes, Nikki Chasing Freedom, illustrated by Michele Wood.
PICTURE BOOK (48 p.). Orchard Books (Scholastic), 2015. $19.
NON-FICTION. Content: G.
An imaginary conversation between
Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony in 1904, before a major women’s suffrage
meeting. Each woman weaves the story of their life and their work for
different, yet congruent, causes for freedom, noting challenges and heartaches
and rewards along the way.
All of the information in the book is true,
though the conversation never actually took place - or such a conversation was
never recorded. It is an odd format for a biography - not enough
information for a research project of some sort. It would be a good
example of a conversation between two people who may have never met in life,
though, which is a project some of my teachers have done in the past. If
I buy this, it will be to have as a teacher resource for that aforementioned
project; I wouldn’t put it in the biography section.
MS - OPTIONAL.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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