cover image Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule

Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule

Harriette Gillem Robinet. Aladdin Paperbacks, $5.99 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-689-83317-5

A 12-year-old orphaned slave leaves South Carolina in search of a Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction to claim the ""40 acres and a mule"" promised by General Sherman. ""A stirring story of self-determination,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Jan.)