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When the slave Esperança Garcia wrote a letter / written by Sonia Rosa ; illustrated by Luciana Justiniani Hees ; translated by Jane Springer.

Rosa, Sonia, 1959- (author.). Hees, Luciana Justiniani, (illustrator.). Springer, Jane, (translator.).

Summary:

Esperanca Garcia, a literate slave, was moved from a Jesuit cotton farm in Brazil to be a cook, away from her husband and some of her children and wrote a letter to the governor asking to be returned to the cotton farm.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1554987296
  • ISBN: 9781554987290
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: Berkeley : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Found in 1979 in the archives of Piaui, the original letter is archived in Lisbon, Portugal.
Translation of: Quando a escrava Esperança Garcia escreveu uma carta.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 2-6.
870L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 0.5 176568.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject:
Garcia, Esperança.
Slavery > Brazil > Piauí > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library JUV 869.3 ROS (Text) 37810435257372 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -

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