
Obi had never forgotten the sounds of his mother's screams on the day he was sold away from her. Making plans to run away to find her was a secret game he played with friend Buka, an old African who lived at the edge of the farm. When the Civil War began, Obi knew it was time...


In this classic Coretta Scott King Honor Book, a young enslaved man makes a daring run for freedom, then battles to free his people. Authenticity rings throughout this outstanding novel depicting events and places in rural South Carolina in the 1860s...





