A review by suzannedix
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg

4.0

A wonderful free verse novel about a completely unknown community of runaway slaves. The narration was compelling as nine year old Grace is forced to leave her mother to move to the Big House to serve the Allen's. After an unfortunate outburst about the injustices Grace witnesses and is forced to endure, Grace must hash together a desperate escape with her family into the nearby but deadly swamp. What she soon finds is that while the living is dangerous and unpredictable, she and her family are Free.

The free verse moves the story along though I never found the style to be an asset. A straight up historical fiction novel would have been just as powerful.

Grades 5 and up.