Skip to content
Cover of Dear America A Picture of Freedom

Dear America A Picture of Freedom

by Patricia McKissack

Underground railroadJuvenile fictionSlaveryDear America seriesCivil War, 1861-1865HistoryDiariesLiteracy

In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.

Writing a summary for young readers…

For young readers

Book data: Open Library