Book
Freewater
- Published
- 2022
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Pages
- 416
- Words
- 77047
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58275990-freewater
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.6
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 690L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–17
Twelve-year-old Homer escapes an enslaving plantation with his younger sister Ada and discovers Freewater, a hidden swamp community built by people who have found freedom. When that refuge is threatened, he must decide how to protect it while still longing to rescue the mother he left behind.
Collections
ALSC NotablesNewbery Award
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780316056618
- ISBN-10
- 0316056618
Tags
Adventure-EscapeALSC NotablesAward Winners-Newbery MedalFamily Life-MothersFamily Life-SiblingsHistorical FictionHistory-SlaveryNatural Environments-WildernessPeople-African AmericanPeople-Enslaved People