I thought my soul would rise and fly, the diary of Patsy, a freed girl, by Joyce Hansen
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I thought my soul would rise and fly, the diary of Patsy, a freed girl, by Joyce Hansen
Language
eng
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mapsmusicillustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
820L, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
I thought my soul would rise and fly
Responsibility statement
by Joyce Hansen
Sub title
the diary of Patsy, a freed girl
Summary
Twelve-year-old Patsy, of Mars Bluff, South Carolina, keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves. A historical note following the story contains factual information about the period of Reconstruction, including photographs and maps
Target audience
juvenile
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Genre
Subject
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Reconstruction -- Juvenile fiction
- Freed persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Diary fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Mars Bluff (S.C.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- South Carolina -- History -- 1865- -- Juvenile fiction
Incoming Resources
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject8
- United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Reconstruction -- Juvenile fiction
- Freed persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Diary fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Mars Bluff (S.C.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- South Carolina -- History -- 1865- -- Juvenile fiction