No More!: Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
Doreen Rappaport, Author, Shane W. Evans, Illustrator , illus.
"Rappaport creates an affecting, multitextured chronicle of slavery in America," wrote
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Reviewed on: 01/09/2006
Genre: Children's
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