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Œuvres de Kathleen Van Cleve
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 514
- Popularité
- #48,284
- Évaluation
- 3.9
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- 15
- ISBN
- 22
This is the Young Readers' Edition of Dunbar's similarly-titled adult book. I think it would be very accessible for a middle-school reader with some knowledge of US history. The writing is straightforward, and includes definitions of terms (e.g. abolition, manumission) in the text when the authors deem necessary. The authors do make a choice to speculate on motives and emotions for the historical figures when such things cannot be known, but it's always clear that they are speculating and not stating facts ("Ona might have felt..."). All in all, a good historical book for young readers, though adults may find it over-simplified in spots.… (plus d'informations)