Lanesha, is a twelve year old girl who does not come from a home with a lot of money, like her uptown family or friends. What makes Lanesha special is intelligence, strength and MaMa Ya-Ya, her loving grandmother. Mama Ya-Ya is very wise and is able to predict a powerful hurricane is coming towar...
The author states that her goal is not to diminish Frederick Douglass with this book, only to show that he was human. She succeeds in doing just that, but I admit I lost some respect for him as a person based on how he treated both women (but especially Anna) and his children. Anna and Ottilie ar...
A jailer wouldn’t feed him proper. Wouldn’t care if he was cold and heartsick. Father refused to let her visit, saying, “One Samuels inside a jail is enough.” She should’ve gone anyway, disobeyed his commandment. Now Hildy imagined Joe beaten and downtrodden, with nobody to comfort him. She fidge...