Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters by Allison Lassieur

Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters

Allison Lassieur with Eric Freeberg (Illustrator)

160 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical middle grade emotional reflective slow-paced
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Hattie Jacobs has a secret dream: to go to school to become a teacher. But her parents were formerly enslaved and are struggling to survive in Nashville, Tennessee, after Reconstruction. When the Jacobs family joins the Great Exodus of 1879 to Kan...

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Moods

adventurous 100%
emotional 100%
hopeful 100%
inspiring 100%
reflective 100%

Pace

medium 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

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