Come Juneteenth

By Ann Rinaldi

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9780152059477

Come Juneteenth

Name: Come Juneteenth
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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes

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Luli Holcomb, fourteen, hopes that the end of the Civil War means better times ahead for her family and their plantation. Instead, Luli's favorite brother, Gabe, leaves to fight Indians in a border dispute. Union soldiers occupy the plantation's big house, forcing the Holcombs to live in an old shack. And Sis Goose, a slave raised as Luli's beloved sister, is pregnant with Gabe's child. Luli can't imagine things getting any worse-until Sis Goose runs away.

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AR Level 4.3 AR Points 7.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights No Dewey F Title alpha Come Juneteenth Category Advanced Readers Pages Count 256 Summary The Holcombs took Sis Goose in as a baby and raised her with their own children. When rumors of emancipation reached Texas, the Holcombs, like the other farmers in the district, did their best to keep the news from their slaves for fear of an uprising. They kept the news secret for two years after the end of the Civil War, until the Emancipation Proclamation for Texas on June 19, 1865. When a troop of Union soldiers takes over the farm and tells the hands that they should have been freed two years earlier, Sis Goose—carrying Gabe’s child— leaves the family in anger at the betrayal and is taken away by a lustful Union colonel. Gabe and Luli set out to win back Sis Goose’s trust and to rescue her from the colonel, but their actions only lead to further family tragedy. Topics Slavery. Race. Lies. The Emancipation Proclamation. Fear. The promise of freedom. The Civil War. Family history. Adoption. Brothers and sisters. Love. Jealousy. Slave traders. Demeaning treatment. Nontraditional healers. Keeping secrets. The Emancipation Proclamation for Texas. The Union Army. Occupation. Requisitions. Trust betrayed. Love of country. Oaths of allegiance. Shootings. Desertion. Kidnapping. Tracking runaways. Orphans. Negotiations. Killings. Grief. Silence. Feeling abandoned. Recovery. Teaching school. SRC Level 4.400000 SRC Points 14.000000 Lexile 690L Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" Language English JLG Release Date Jul 2007 Minimum grade 6 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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