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• Author: Elizabeth Yates
• Format: Book

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  Amos Fortune, Free Man

  By Elizabeth Yates

  Captured by slavers, Amos, son of an African king, survives the long ocean voyage only to be sold to a New England Quaker. After years of serving and learning from others, Amos buys his own freedom, sets up his own business, and begins to buy and set free other slaves.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1951 (Medal Winner)
  • ISBN: 9780525255703
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  Mountain Born

  By Elizabeth Yates

  Nursed back to life by Peter's mother, Biddy, a black lamb, is given to six-year-old Peter to raise. Bright and brave, Biddy becomes the leader of the herd, repeatedly alerting her human keepers to impending disaster.

  • Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 1944 (Honor Title)
  • ISBN: 9780802774026