Light in the darkness

By Lesa Cline-Ransome

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

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.