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Winner of the John Newbery Medal
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award 
An Indiebound Bestseller
A New York Times Bestseller

Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.

In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came f

Freewater Newbery Coretta Scott King Award

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      Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
      Publication Date: 17/08/2023
      ISBN13: 9780316056670, 978-0316056670
      ISBN10: 0316056677
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the John Newbery Medal
      Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award 
      An Indiebound Bestseller
      A       New York Times Bestseller

      Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.

      Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.

      In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came f

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