Passing For White

  • Publisher : Barrington Stoke
  • Author : Tanya Landman
  • ISBN : 9781781126813
  • MBE Code : 498
  • Number Of Pages : 104
  • Book Cover : Paperback

£5.59 30% off

Availability: In stock for next day delivery

Description

It’s 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can ‘pass for white’. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman – and Benjamin’s master. In this guise, the couple flee the South, explaining away their lack of literacy, avoiding those they have encountered before and holding their nerve over a thousand miles to freedom.Inspired by the amazing true story of Ellen Craft who escaped a life of slavery through a daring disguise and won freedom for herself and her husband.Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 13+