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Once on This River

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4.4 out of 5
Based on 5 Ratings and 4 Reviews

Book Description
It is 1760. Monday de Groot and her mother, Lesley, a midwife, sail from their home in Madagascar to New York, to testify on behalf of Lesley's brother Frederick, who has been falsely imprisoned and taken as a slave. Because Lesley has the only papers to prove that Frederick is in fact a free black man, she risks the journey despite its danger for Monday--the potential discovery of the secret of h... More
Book Information
PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
BindingHardcover (6 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages150
ISBN-100679983503
ISBN-13978-0679983507
Publication Date12/29/1997
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About SHARON DENNIS WYETH (Author) : SHARON DENNIS WYETH is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of SHARON DENNIS WYETH include Orphea Proud, Flying Free: Corey's Underground Railroa... more
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