This Opening Sky

A moving and accessible, middle grade novel in verse, about an unlikely friendship in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Aurelia, the daughter of a once flourishing plantation, musttill the land herself to keep herself alive. Libby, a freed slave, is workingher way North to live a better life. Together they might just make a really goodteam. Aurelia ??My hands are no longer the hands of a young lady. I drop my hoe and unwrap my bandaged fingers. They are torn, blistered and bleeding. Nails, once perfectly manicured, now dirty and broken. The hands of a field worker. Libby ??I must find someone who will barter some eggs or a loaf of bread or a piece of meat for a day's work. Trouble is, most plantations are either abandoned or already have too many mouths to feed.

• | Author: Kelly Hollman, Charlotte Sherman
• | Publisher: Milk & Cookies
• | Publication Date: Jul 23, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1638192154
• | ISBN-13: 9781638192152