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Category: Books (Juvenile Nonfiction)
Author: Yates, Elizabeth
Author: Yates, Elizabeth
ISBN-10: 0140341587
ISBN-10: 0140341587
ISBN-13: 9780140341584
ISBN-13: 9780140341584
Publisher: Puffin Books
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages: 192
Pages: 192
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-May-1989
Pub Date: 01-May-1989
SKU: 0140341587-11-SPLV
SKU: 0140341587-11-SPLV
Item ID: 100002199

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A Newbery Medal Winner

When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true.

The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom. —BooklistPraise for Amos Fortune, Free Man

The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom. —BooklistElizabeth Yates (1905–2001), prolific American author, won the 1951 Newbery Medal for her novelAmos Fortune, Free Man. She also received a Newbery Honor in 1944 forMountain Born.

Nora Unwin (1907–1982) illustrated more than one hundred books for children.US