cover image Once on This River

Once on This River

Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $5.5 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-679-89446-9

Despite ""occasionally ponderous execution,"" said PW, this tale about an African girl's voyage to New York in 1760 to free her illegally enslaved uncle is ""otherwise rewarding."" Ages 10-13. (Dec.)