Sing Freedom
Cheryl Stewart
Paperback
(Hexagonal Press, June 10, 2019)
Ten-year-old Ruby and twelve-year-old Pearl are slaves on the run. They have learned that their owners intend to take them away from their parents and sell them, so on a cold spring night the family steps out of their rough cabin into an unknown future.Their escape is fraught with danger. They are pursued by their owner and by hired slave hunters, and Pearl becomes deathly ill. The family needs help and it is hard to know who they can trust. Eventually, they find a group that will help them, but only if they travel separately and in disguise. With only each other and their own fledgling independence to rely on, will Ruby and Pearl avoid the roving bands of slave hunters? Will they find their parents again, and will they find the freedom they have worked so hard to gain?