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The Freedom Maze
Delia Sherman
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Description for The Freedom Maze
Paperback. WINNER OF THE ANDRE NORTON AWARD. When Sophie enters her grandmother's maze one sweltering Louisiana summer in 1960, she does not expect to emerge 100 years in the past, on to her ancestors' sugar plantation, mistaken for a slave. Sophie is about to learn a historical lesson she'll never forget. Num Pages: 272 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 128 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
1960 in America and thirteen-year-old Sophie is frustrated. Her mother has sent her to spend summer with Grandmama on their family's old estate in the sweltering bayous of southern Louisiana. Once a grand plantation, a hive of activity, it is now ramshackle, run down and all-but abandoned. Bored, lonely and far too hot, Sophie starts exploring. When she discovers an overgrown maze, she makes her way inside, and lost among its pathways she finds a magical creature who promises her the adventure of a lifetime . . . Sophie is transported a hundred years ... Read more
1960 in America and thirteen-year-old Sophie is frustrated. Her mother has sent her to spend summer with Grandmama on their family's old estate in the sweltering bayous of southern Louisiana. Once a grand plantation, a hive of activity, it is now ramshackle, run down and all-but abandoned. Bored, lonely and far too hot, Sophie starts exploring. When she discovers an overgrown maze, she makes her way inside, and lost among its pathways she finds a magical creature who promises her the adventure of a lifetime . . . Sophie is transported a hundred years ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472117526
SKU
V9781472117526
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Ref
99-50
About Delia Sherman
Delia Sherman was born in Japan and raised in New York City. Her 'New York Between' novels for younger readers are Changeling and The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen. Delia enjoys teaching writing workshops, most recently at the Hollins University Masters Degree Program in Children's Literature. After many years in Boston, she once again lives in New York City, ... Read more
Reviews for The Freedom Maze
A subtle and haunting book that examines what it means to be who we are.
Holly Black The Freedom Maze will entrap young readers and deliver them, at the story's end, that little bit older and wiser.
Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Out of Oz I think younger readers and adults alike will be completely riveted by ... Read more
Holly Black The Freedom Maze will entrap young readers and deliver them, at the story's end, that little bit older and wiser.
Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Out of Oz I think younger readers and adults alike will be completely riveted by ... Read more