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GABRIEL'S JOURNEY
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Written by
Alison Hart
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Hardcover: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-442-6
Total Pages: 160
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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Middle Reader, ages 8-12/Fiction/History
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Alison Hart is the author of more than forty books for young readers. She is a teacher at Blue Ridge Community College and lives in Virginia. Click here to learn more about her Author in Schools presentations.You can visit Alison Hart's website at: www.alisonhartbooks.com
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RACING TO FREEDOM TRILOGY
“These last few months have been an incredible journey for you, Gabriel. You’ve been a slave, a son, a jockey, a soldier and a savior. But your journey isn’t over.”
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Test #: Q43439
Reading Counts Level: 4.5
AR Quiz#: 121468
AR Reading Level: 5.1
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In the final book of the Racing to Freedom trilogy, ex-slave Gabriel leaves behind a successful horse racing career to join his parents at Camp Nelson, where his father is a Sergeant in the Fifth U.S. Colored Calvary of the Union Army.
Twelve-year-old Gabriel is too young to join the regiment as a soldier, but finds a job as personal groom to Champion, the unruly horse that belongs to Col. Waite, the white commander. When the Calvary receives orders to join white regiments in an attack on the Virginia salt works, Gabriel surreptitiously gets a hold of a horse and a uniform and joins the troops. But being a soldier is a lot harder than he imagined. Bad, weather, rough riding, dwindling supplies, and blatant racism wear heavily on his spirit. When his father and Col. Waite are not among the weary and wounded who return from battle, Gabriel mounts Champion and rides to the battlefield in search of them.
In the final book of this highly engrossing historical fiction trilogy set during the Civil War, author Alison Hart continues to explore the complex relationships between black and white, slave and master, and North and South. The result is a gripping story that vividly brings to life the danger and drama of a time when war and issues of race and freedom divided the country.
Background historical material, photos, and suggestions for further reading are included.
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More books by Author/Illustrators:
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Anna's Blizzard
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Emma's River
Horse-crazy girls and Titanic fans will love this action-packed adventure story set on a steamboat on the Missouri River in the nineteenth century.
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Gabriel's Horses
In the first book of this engrossing middle-grade trilogy set during the Civil War, a young Kentucky slave dares to pursue his dream of becoming a jockey.
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Gabriel's Triumph
In the second book in the Racing to Freedom trilogy, ex-slave Gabriel faces challenges and setbacks as he pursues his dream of becoming a famous jockey.
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