SuitabookFreedom and enslavement
Zenobia and Brightwell flee slavery, while Lark leaves cruel family members; all three seek a route to freedom.
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Sharon Lovejoy - Author
A tense historical escape story about friendship, freedom and courage, following Lark and Zenobia as they evade cruel pursuers and seek the Underground Railroad. The narrative includes mistreatment, enslavement, danger, capture and separation.
Every day is a misery for a nameless, motherless Southern girl who is treated cruelly by her pa and brothers. Her life changes forever when a runaway slave named Zenobia turns to her for help and shelter. Longing for her own freedom, the girl decides to run away, and she and Zenobia set off on a harrowing journey. Along the way, Zenobia names the girl Lark, after the bird, for her ability to mimic its song. Running by night, hiding by day, the girls are pursued by Lark s pa and brothers and by ruthless slave catchers. Brightwell, another runaway slave, joins them, and the three follow secret signs to a stop on the Underground Railroad. When the hideout is raided and Zenobia and Brightwell are captured, Lark sets out alone to rescue her friends. An abused Southern white girl and an escaped slave girl run away together and form a bond of friendship while seeking freedom and outmaneuvering cruel family members and slave catchers.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA tense historical escape story about friendship, freedom and courage, following Lark and Zenobia as they evade cruel pursuers and seek the Underground Railroad. The narrative includes mistreatment, enslavement, danger, capture and separation.
Zenobia and Brightwell flee slavery, while Lark leaves cruel family members; all three seek a route to freedom.
Lark shelters Zenobia, travels with her and later attempts to rescue her and Brightwell.
Lark is mistreated by her pa and brothers and chooses to leave, despite their pursuit.
Consider whether the reader is ready for scenes involving cruelty within a family, enslavement, being hunted, a hideout raid, capture and separation.
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