Light in the darkness

By Lesa Cline-Ransome

Subjects: African Americans, African americans, fiction, Reading, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Slavery, Southern states, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Learning, Slaves, History, Reading

Description: Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write.