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A review by amdame1
Unbound: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
3.0
3.5 stars
This novel in verse tells the story of Grace, a slave. She lives in the slave cabins with her Mama but is being sent up to the Big House to work. She sees the cruelty of the white Master and Missus and wonders how people can be so mean to each other. One thing leads to another and Grace and her family decide that they need to escape before things get any worse. They go the the Great Dismal Swamp - a real place that history books tell little about. Danger abounds.
This poetry format forces the author to make each word count - and Burg does. Words are carefully selected and nuanced, creating vivid pictures in the mind of the reader.
This novel in verse tells the story of Grace, a slave. She lives in the slave cabins with her Mama but is being sent up to the Big House to work. She sees the cruelty of the white Master and Missus and wonders how people can be so mean to each other. One thing leads to another and Grace and her family decide that they need to escape before things get any worse. They go the the Great Dismal Swamp - a real place that history books tell little about. Danger abounds.
This poetry format forces the author to make each word count - and Burg does. Words are carefully selected and nuanced, creating vivid pictures in the mind of the reader.