Skip to content
Cover of Dear America

Dear America

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865

by Joyce Hansen

HistoryDiariesJuvenile fictionReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)African AmericansFictionReconstruction (1865-1876)Historical fiction

The two-time Coretta Scott King Honor Book recipient offers a poignant narrative about a freed slave girl during the Reconstruction Era in the South.

Writing a summary for young readers…

For young readers

Book data: Open Library