Nettie's Trip South

I was shocked and delighted to find a hard copy of this wonderful book in the "Friends of the Library" section of my local library. My lucky day to find this treasure for only 25 cents. I teach 8th grade social science and have used this book for the past 12 years. Inevitably I will have at least a few students with tears in their eyes as I finish reading this book to the class. There is SO much you can do with this book whether you are a parent and educator or someone who just loves books. No matter what your purpose is for buying this wonderful story, reading the story aloud to a child or student opens up a dialogue about slavery. One of my all time favorites.

I think that this book gives a true to life account of slavery from a little girl's perspective. If only everyone was as wise as she was during the slave years, then there wouldn't have been any slavery.