Illustration by: Kadir Nelson
Genre: Children's picture book
Subgenre: Children's realistic fiction
Theme: Freedom
Primary characters: Henry
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award
Date of Publication: 2007
Publishing Company: Scholastic Inc.
Summary: Henry does not know how old he is since they don't keep slaves' birthdays. Henry dreams about freedom most of the time. That is all his head is filled with. He ends up getting sold to work in a warehouse farther away from his family than he has ever been. Freedom seems even further now. Later, his family is sold on the slave market. He doesn't know what to do now. He finally gets the idea as he is working and wants to stuff himself in a crate and mail himself to his family. The rest of the story is about the journey to his family. This would be a great book to show children the stuggle of the slave trade and the importance of freedom and family.
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