A Picture of Freedom by Patricia C. McKissack

Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered. The book, A Picture of Freedom : The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 ISBN# 9780545242530 in Hardcover by McKissack, Patricia C. Aunt Tee is the closest to Clotee and is a very dependable woman that is the only slave from Mas Henley. Clotee is a brave and strong 12 year old girl who risks her life for her friends. In a time when literacy is one of the most valuable skills to have, Clotee is determined to use her secret to save herself, and her family. McKissack is a historical fiction, around about a young slave girl named Clotee. However, she soon learns that the tutor, Ely Harms, has a secret of his own. What is her secret? While doing her job of fanning her master's son during his daily lessons, Clotee has taught herself to read and write. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl (Dear America) Paperback January 1, 1997. Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author McKissacks inspiring 'A Picture of Freedom' is now back in print with a gorgeous new cover. She knows that if she shares it with the wrong person, she will face unimaginable consequences.

Coretta Scott King Award winner and Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack's inspiring A PICTURE OF FREEDOM is now back in print with a gorgeous new cover! It's 1859 and Clotee, a twelve-year-old slave, has the most wonderful, terrible secret.

A Picture of Freedom by Patricia C. McKissack