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Good Fortune

Name: Good Fortune
ISBN: 9781416984818

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Noni Carter

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Ebook · January 4, 2011

Reading lane: Historical YA - Africa

In the tradition of Copper Sun and Chains , this is the stirring tale of a girl’s journey from Africa to freedom and from youth to womanhood, as recounted in this dazzling debut novel.

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Survival and Becoming

History unfolds through one young woman’s fight for survival, connection, and self-education.

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A moving blend of family bonds, resilience, and the pursuit of learning

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A harrowing journey from enslavement toward freedom and a future as a teacher

Book Details

Authors: Noni Carter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: January 4, 2011
Format: Ebook
Theme: Historical YA - Africa · 19th-Century US YA
Reading lane: Historical YA - Africa

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Historical YA - Africa
19th-Century US YA
African American YA

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In the tradition of Copper Sun and Chains , this is the stirring tale of a girl’s journey from Africa to freedom and from youth to womanhood, as recounted in this dazzling debut novel. Ayanna Bahati lives in a small African village when she is brutally kidnapped, along with her brother, and forced onto a slave ship to America. As Ayanna, renamed Anna, rises from the cotton fields to the master’s house, she finds the familial love she’s been yearning for in elderly Mary and Mary’s son Daniel—but she is also faced with more threats to her survival. Risking everything to escape the plantation, Anna manages to make it north and to freedom, eventually settling in the free black community of Hudson, Ohio, and educating herself to become a teacher.