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Sarny

Name: Sarny
ISBN: 9780440219736

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Gary Paulsen

Random House Children's Books · Paperback · August 10, 1999

Reading lane: Civil War Era YA

So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn?

Civil War Era 19th-Century US YA Civil War Era YA award

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Why This Clicks

After Freedom

A serious, expansive account of one newly freed woman's search for family and life beyond slavery.

Come here for

A sweeping view of freedom, family, and change across decades.

Expect

Sarny's story runs from the Civil War's final days into the 1930s.

Book Details

Authors: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: August 10, 1999
Format: Paperback
Theme: Civil War Era YA · Civil War Era
Reading lane: Civil War Era YA

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Civil War Era YA
African American YA
Prejudice & Racism for Teens

About This Book

So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn? Extraordinary things happened to her, from the moment she fled the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children, until she found them and began a new life. Sarny's story gives a panoramic view of America in a time of trial, tragedy, and hoped-for change, until her last days in the 1930s.