Light in the Darkness

A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret

Kids, Fiction, Historical, Teen, Fiction - YA
Cover of the book Light in the Darkness by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Disney Book Group
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Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome ISBN: 9781368005067
Publisher: Disney Book Group Publication: January 24, 2017
Imprint: Disney Hyperion Language: English
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
ISBN: 9781368005067
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Publication: January 24, 2017
Imprint: Disney Hyperion
Language: English

Rosa and her mama go to school together—in the dark of night, silently, afraid that any noise they hear is a patroller on the lookout for escaped slaves. Their school is literally a hole in the ground, where they and other slaves of all ages gather to form letters out of sticks, scratch letters in the dirt, and pronounce their sounds in whispers. Young Rosa is eager to learn the letters and then the words, because after the words comes reading. But she must have patience, her mama reminds her, and keep her letters to herself when she's working on the plantation. If the Master catches them, it'll mean a whipping—one lash for each letter. No matter how slow and dangerous the process might be, Rosa is determined to learn, and pass on her learning to others.

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Rosa and her mama go to school together—in the dark of night, silently, afraid that any noise they hear is a patroller on the lookout for escaped slaves. Their school is literally a hole in the ground, where they and other slaves of all ages gather to form letters out of sticks, scratch letters in the dirt, and pronounce their sounds in whispers. Young Rosa is eager to learn the letters and then the words, because after the words comes reading. But she must have patience, her mama reminds her, and keep her letters to herself when she's working on the plantation. If the Master catches them, it'll mean a whipping—one lash for each letter. No matter how slow and dangerous the process might be, Rosa is determined to learn, and pass on her learning to others.

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