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The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
5.0

Lisa Wingate knows how to do it right. Another home run here. Followinng the Civil War, The Southwestern newspaper carried advertiments from newly freed slaves desperately searching for loved ones who had been sold or stollen away.

This story toggles between Hannie, a freed slave searcing for her people; to Bennie, a 20th Century teacher desperate to create an enthusiastic and dignified motivation for her High School Students to learn their history.