Tuesday, January 5, 2016

On Shelves Now: MY NAME IS NOT FRIDAY by Jon Walter

384 p.
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Ages:12 and up

Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a new name--Friday--and sold into slavery. What follows is a heartbreaking but hopeful account of Samuel's journey from freedom to captivity, and back again.

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