Janie's Freedom: African-Americans in the Aftermath of the Civil War

by Callie Smith Grant

Book Overview

Eleven-year-old Janie finds herself in a quandary. The War Between the States is now over, and Miss Laura, widowed mistress of Rubyhill Plantation, has told Rubyhill's former slaves they're welcome to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597890863
• ISBN13: 9781597890861
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

An interesting peek into the past

The year is 1867, and even though the Civil War is over, former slave, Janie, has stayed with her mistress, all this time. However, the owner leaves the plantation in the hands of the slaves, to do whatever they want. Everything is different now, and Janie has to learn how she should cope with the drastic new changes. It's hard for her to make the right life-changing decision, and leave her old life behind. I loved this book! It was hard to set it down after I began reading it. Out of the 7 Sisters in Time books, that I have read, this one is the most exhilarating and satisfying, so far!

American history and Christian principles

Reviewed by Natalie Novakowski (age 9) for Reader Views (4/07) This is a story about an African American girl named Janie. She is 11-years-old. The Civil War is over and Miss Laura tells the slaves at Rubyhill Plantation that they can stay or are free to leave. Janie doesn't know what to do, where she should go to. She knows that the South is still dangerous and she doesn't know much about the North. If she moves up North, she knows she may lose the chance of finding her mother. "Janie's Freedom" has a lot of American history in it. I enjoyed reading about the history. I also enjoyed reading about Janie and the things she did. This book has a lot of Christian principles too. I would like to read more books like this.