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Leaving Gee's Bend / Irene Latham.

Author/creator Latham, Irene
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, ©2010.
Description230 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
Children with visual disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Quilting--Juvenile fiction.
Quilts--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen thirties--Juvenile fiction.
Self-reliance--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Alabama--History --1819-1950 --Juvenile fiction.
Abstract Ludelphia Bennett, a determined, ten-year-old African American girl in 1932 Gee's Bend, Alabama, leaves home in an effort to find medical help for her sick mother, and she recounts her ensuing adventures in a quilt she is making. Includes an author's note about Gee's Bend.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 226-227).
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
LCCN 2009008732
ISBN9780399251795
ISBN0399251790

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