Books with author Virginia Hamilton

"In 1854, Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old black man, was put on trial in Bostonunder the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Retelling the events of the trial, whichpolarized the city, Hamilton shows the kind of political issue which broughtthe nation to fever pitch in the decade before the Civil War. Hamilton'sbiography is actually a 'docudrama' which centers on the often silent, mistreated, and humbled runaway slave. The insights Hamilton gives into thepersonal side of slavery are moving and unforgettable."--(starred) "SchoolLibrary Journal." "Does exactly what good biography for children ought todo: makes them feel what it was like to be that person in thosetimes."--(starred) "Horn Book. "

From the inside flap of the dust cover "Time was when the ground dried up, and rainstorms were only a memory, The wind kept blowing away clouds, the sun seared the land, and folks wondered why their fields and streams had been dry so long. Then a terrible wall of dust swept across the landscape, turning day into night. In front of the wall ran a desperate boy: Drylongso. And with him came hope for a better time."