"Pemba, an African-American teen, doesn't want to make the move from Brooklyn to Connecticut no matter how rosy a picture her mother tries to paint. As soon as she sees her new home, she knows something isn't right. At first, she thinks she's imagining things, like the strange mirror that reflects the image of an 18th-century girl. But then the blackouts begin. During them Pemba sees Phyllys, a slave who lived in the house centuries befo ..."
"Before sending her daughter north to freedom, the mother sews a quilt for her daughter, not only to guide her with its symbols of moss and the north star, but also to remind her always that the smiling girl in the center of the quilt is ..."
Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2014 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-5769-7, ISBN: 0-7636-5769-7
"In 1848, an educated slave girl faces an inconceivable choice — between bondage and freedom, family and love.On one side of the Mason-Dixon Line lives fifteen-year-old Willow, her master’s favorite servant. She’s been taught to read and has learned to write. She believes her master is good to her and fears the rebel slave runaways. On the other side of the line is seventeen-year-old Cato, a black man, free born. It’s his personal missio ..."
"A Newbery Honor winner collaborates with a new writer in this hip-hop-inspired historical thriller.A Newbery Honor winner collaborates with a new writer in this hip-hop-inspired historical thriller.;Pemba knows she's not crazy. But who is that looking out at her through her mirror's eye? And why is the apparition calling her "friend"? Her real friends are back home in Brooklyn, not in the old colonial house in Colchester, Connecticut, w ..."
Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin Published 2014 by Candlewick On Brilliance Audio, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4805-8557-7, ISBN: 1-4805-8557-2
Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin Published 2014 by Candlewick Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-4805-8553-9, ISBN: 1-4805-8553-X
Willow Library Edition by Tonya Cherie Hegamin, Janina Edwards Published 2014 by Candlewick On Brilliance Audio, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-4805-8559-1, ISBN: 1-4805-8559-9
"An authentic and powerful account of slavery and how a handmade quilt helps a little girl leave home for freedom.With a poet's keen ear, Tonya Hegamin tells the account of a little girl whose mother is a secret agent on the Underground Railroad. Before sending her daughter north to freedom, the mother sews a quilt for her daughter, not only to guide her with its symbols of moss and the north star, but also to remind her always that the ..."
M+O 4EVR(1st Edition) by Tonya Cherie Hegamin Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Hmh Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-618-49570-2, ISBN: 0-618-49570-3
"There are two constants in Opal’s life: her dad’s grungy green baseball cap, and her troubled pal, Marianne, whom Opal loves as a best friend . . . and even more. But nothing stays the same forever. When Opal receives the horrifying news that Marianne is dead, she suddenly must live her life and make decisions based on the needs of one person instead of two. Only with the help of her family and the story of Hannah, a runaway slave, can ..."
Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin, Janina Edwards Audio, Published 2014 by Candlewick On Brilliance Audio Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4805-8555-3, ISBN: 1-4805-8555-6
"It is 1848.On one side of the Mason-Dixon Line lives fifteen-year-old Willow, her master’s favorite servant. She’s been taught to read and has learned to write. She is permitted to spend much of her time riding her horse to the riverbank, where she writes letters to her dead mother. On the other side of the line is seventeen-year-old Cato, a black man, free born. It’s his personal mission to sneak as many fugitive slaves to freedom as h ..."
Willow (CD-Audio) by Tonya Cherie Hegamin , Janina Edwards Cd, Published 2014 by Candlewick Pr Audiobook, Mp3_Audio ISBN-13: 978-1-4915-8132-2, ISBN: 1-4915-8132-8