When the slave Esperança Garcia wrote a letter / written by Sonia Rosa ; illustrated by Luciana Justiniani Hees ; translated by Jane Springer.
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.
- Copyright: ©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 |
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Subject: | Garcia, Esperança. Slavery > Brazil > Piauí > Juvenile literature. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Marion Library | JUV 869.3 ROS (Text) | 37810435257372 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |