FREEDOM RIDDLE
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SKU: BK/AF323 - Ages 8-12 - hardcover
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FREEDOM RIDDLE
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Product Details
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Based on a true story, this picture book is about a clever slave who wins his freedom. Jim, the slave foreman, gets Master Brown to agree to a bargain: if Jim can stump the master with a riddle, Jim will be free. For a whole year on the plantation, Jim works out his riddle and memorizes his verses. The next Christmas when the master can't guess the answer, he keeps his word and sets Jim free. The harshness of slavery is here, but it's in the background. The realistic, full-page pictures show the Christmas fun, and the focus is on Jim as a proud, dignified man. The riddle itself isn't very interesting, since Jim sets up all the clues in advance; but as Medearis says in her note, the appeal of the story is that Jim uses his brain to gain his freedom.
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