Way Up and Over Everything
My great-grandmama's mama told her and she told me this story about a long time ago . . .
So begins this account of the author's great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers . . . created by the wish for freedom. Alice McGill remembers this story, passed down in her family through the generations, from her childhood and how her greatgrandmother told it to her "as if unveiling a great, wonderful secret. My siblings and I believed that certain Africans shared this gift of taking to the air--'way up and over everything."
Target age group 4-7
So begins this account of the author's great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers . . . created by the wish for freedom. Alice McGill remembers this story, passed down in her family through the generations, from her childhood and how her greatgrandmother told it to her "as if unveiling a great, wonderful secret. My siblings and I believed that certain Africans shared this gift of taking to the air--'way up and over everything."
Target age group 4-7
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CategoryJuvenile Fiction
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Age Group6 to 8 yrs
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Grade LevelK-2
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LanguageEnglish
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BindingHardcover
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Theme 1Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Myths
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Theme 2Social, Personal & Family Topics
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Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeUnited States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
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AuthorMcGill, Alice
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Lexile Level660 AD
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AR Level4.2
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DeweyE
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PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
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Publication Date3/1/2008
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Pages32
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Dimensions0.43 H x 9.17 L x 10.51 W
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Case Qty40
