To liberty! : the adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Johnson, Catherine, 1973-2020
Book
This is an exciting adventure set in revolutionary France which tells the true story of a swashbuckling hero Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, whose mother was an enslaved African woman and whose father was a French noble. Alex is happy living with his brothers and sister on his father's farm on Haiti but his father wants to go back to France and can't afford to take his mixed-race children with him. Soon, Alex must fight for his freedom - and that of France.
Main title:
To liberty! : the adventures of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas / Catherine Johnson ; illustrated by Rachel Sanson.
Author:
Johnson, Catherine, 1973-, authorSanson, Rachel, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Education, 2020.
Collation:
93 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"Dark red book band"--Back cover.
Audience:
Interest grade level: Key Stage 2.Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781472972552 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
Dumas, Thomas Alexandre, 1762-1806 -- Juvenile fictionBiographical fictionChildren's storiesFiction 9+General StoriesFor National Curriculum Key Stage 2Interest age: from c 10 yearsPrimary & middle schoolsChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure stories
BRN:
519755