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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent … OL152161W
The god who begat a jackal The god who begat a jackal Nega Mezlekia "In The God Who Begat a Jackal, the seventeenth-century feudal system, vassal uprisings, religious mythology, and the Crusades are beautifully intertwined with the intense love between Aster, the dau… OL15843029W
The Bondmaid The Bondmaid Catherine Lim Set in Singapore in the fifties, the novel focuses on the story of Han. Sold as a slave into the House of Wu at the age of four, she forms a close bond with the heir of the household, but the idyllic… OL1868712W
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain,F.H. Cornish The adventures of a boy traveling down the Mississippi River with and escaped slave. OL20682521W
Chariots to Jordan Chariots to Jordan E. James Harrison Firmly believing in miracles, twelve-year-old Gili, a young Israelite, will become the key to a powerful Syrian military commander's salvation -- and the reflief he desperately needs. OL22323143W
God, send sunday God, send sunday Jesse Jones Shadrach Cobb, a slave on a Mississippi cotton plantation, in response to a perceived threat on his life makes a daring escape via the Underground Railroad with his wife Kancy. OL26454898W
Kindred Kindred Octavia E. Butler Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the… OL35616W
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom… OL53908W
Sweet Release Sweet Release Pamela Clare When a woman buys a dying convict to save his life, she little suspects he is truly an English aristocrat who will soon steal her heart OL5692952W
Empress Empress Karen Miller In a family torn apart by poverty and violence, Hekat is no more than an unwanted mouth to feed, worth only a few coins from a passing slave trader. But Hekat was not born to be a slave. For her, a d… OL6692799W
Riddley Walker Riddley Walker Russell Hoban Engrossing post apocalyptic book that told entirely in a vividly degenerated post-English that the reader is left to decipher as they find their way through the novel. OL74293W
Black Ships Black Ships Jo Graham "Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it." --Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's DragonThe world is ending. One by one the mighty c… OL9394972W