Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
year: 2005, 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: slave trade, fiction, slaves, united states, historical fiction, savannah (ga.), history, fiction, african americans, slavery, historical fiction
Editions
Lester, Julius
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children (2005)
Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
Schools: 68
Lester, Julius
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children (2007)
Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
Schools: 7
Lester, Julius
Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
Schools: 3
Lester, Julius
Traces the results of the Butler patriarch's huge slave auction during which he justifies his broken promises and cruelty to Emma and her parents.
Schools: 1