It is 1864. The Civil War is coming to an end, and Southern slaves are slowly gaining their freedom. But for 13yearold Eulinda, a house slave on a plantation in Americus, Georgia, it is the most difficult time of her life. Her yonger brother, falsely accused of stealing, has been sold. Then her older brother Neddy runs away. And Eulinda is left alone in a household headed by a cruel mistressand a master who will not acknowledge that Eulinda is his daughter. With her trademark attention to detail and historical accuracy, Ann Rinaldi weaves a gripping tale of a girl caught between two worlds.
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