Flowers, Philanthropy and Freedom: Priscilla and the Hollyhocks
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Author: Anne Broyles
Illustrator: Anna Alter (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Charlesbridge (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1570916756
Creamy, rounded illustrations and smooth southern narration tell the heartbreaking yet hopeful, true tale of a young girl who survived isolation, slavery and exile with the help of her wits, her mother’s memory and the kindness of a stranger.
Other books mentioned
- McFig & McFly: A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge, and Death {with a Happy Ending}
- Children’s Poet, Nikki Giovanni
You can learn more about the forced Cherokee relocation and the Trail of Tears here.
You can learn more about the process of illustrating this book here.