One Big Open Sky

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome

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Hardcover | 5 March 2024

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Hardcover
304 Pages

Age
8 - 12

Grade
3 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
24.13 x 15.88 x 2.54

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A Newbery Honor Book

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free-or cost them everything they have-in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement.

1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon heading westward. Her father, Thomas, promises that Nebraska will be everything the family needs: an opportunity to claim the independence they've strived for over generations on their very own plot of land.

But Thomas' hopes-and mouth-are bigger than his ability to follow through. With few supplies and even less money, the only thing that feels certain is danger.

Right after the war ended/and we were free/we believed/all of us did/that couldn't nothing hurt us/the way master had when we were slaves/Couldn't no one tell us/how to live/how to die.

Lettie, her mother, Sylvia, and young teacher Philomena are free from slavery-but bound by poverty, access to opportunity, and patriarchal social structures. Will these women survive the hardships of their journey? And as Thomas' desire for control overpowers his common sense, will they truly be free once they get there?

Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author Lesa Cline-Ransome's striking verse masterfully portrays an underrepresented historical era. Tackling powerful themes of autonomy and Black self-emancipation, Cline-Ransome offers readers an intimate look into the lives of three women and an expansive portrait of generations striving for their promised freedom.

A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
One of Evanston Public Library''s 101 Great Books for Kids
A CSMCL Best Multicultural Children's Book of the Year
An ALSC Notable Children''s Book
Selected for the Rise: Feminist Book List

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