Sarny
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Random House Children's Books · Paperback · August 10, 1999
So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in Nightjohn?
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, expansive account of one newly freed woman's search for family and life beyond slavery.
- Themes
- Enslavement and freedom, Family separation and reunion, Hope for change
- Genres
- Civil War Era YA, African American YA, Prejudice & Racism for Teens
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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.
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.
Where it sits
| Civil War Era YA | 93% |
|---|---|
| African American YA | 77% |
| Prejudice & Racism for Teens | 61% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Civil War Era YA
- African American YA
- Prejudice & Racism for Teens
- Authors
- Gary Paulsen
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- August 10, 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Enslavement and freedom · Family separation and reunion · Hope for change
- Reading lane
- Civil War Era YA