This Strange New Feeling Three Love Stories from Black History

The horror of slavery . . . the excitement and terror of escape and the problems of the newly free are dramatized in three stories based on actual historical incidents. . . . Memorable. "School Library Journal" Lester here personalizes and vitalizes the essence of freedom."Booklist" In two short stories and one novella, Julius Lester has created a rich, layered, and ringing portrait of the slave experience in America, and of the perseverance and bravery it took to seek out love and freedom during that time. Included is the tale of Ellen and William Craft, the escaped slaves who became famous abolitionists. And new for this edition, in honor of the books twenty-fifth anniversary, is a thought-provoking authors preface about freedom and empathy. "This Strange New Feeling" is historical fiction at its finest.Lester, Julius is the author of 'This Strange New Feeling Three Love Stories from Black History', published 2006 under ISBN 9780803731721 and ISBN 0803731728.