Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689808562)

"Come join me as I take you back to Charleston, South Carolina, to my father's forge in the early 1800's. Sit with me on the woodpile as he tells a tale of faith, hope, or love."
In this extraordinary collection, Charlotte Jefferies and her father Price, a former slave, introduce us to twelve best loved Bible tales, from Genesis to Daniel, and reveal their significance in the lives of African Americans--and indeed of all oppressed peoples.
When Charlotte wants to understand the cruel injustices of her time, she turns to her father. Does the powerful slaveholder, Mr. Sam Riley, who seems to own all that surrounds them, also own the sun and moon? she wonders. Price's answer is to tell the story of Creation. How can God allow an evil like slavery to exist? she asks. Price responds by telling the story of the Hebrews' Exodus -- and shows Charlotte that someday their people, too, will be free.
With exquisite clarity, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack and James Ransome -- a Newbery Honor winner and all Coretta Scott King Award winners -- brilliantly illuminate the parallels between the stories of the Jews and African-American history. Let My People Go is a triumphant celebration of both the human spirit and the enduring power of story as a source of strength.
Our hope is that this book will be like a lighthouse that can guide young readers through good times and bad....The ideas that these ancient stories hold are not for one people, at one time, in one place. They are for all of us, for all times, everywhere.
--from the Authors' Note to Let My People Go

Author: Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack
ISBN-10: 0689808569
ISBN-13: 9780689808562
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1998
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 11.33h x 8.78w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35391 / Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/26/1998 pg. 62
Booklist 10/01/1998 pg. 339
School Library Journal 11/01/1998 pg. 124
Booklist 02/15/1999 pg. 1068
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 pg. 70 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly Best Books 01/01/1998 pg. 48
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 70 - Recommended, Satisfactory