Description
| Product ID: | 9781781129227 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | PL |
| Title: | Journey Back to Freedom |
| Subtitle: | The Olaudah Equiano Story |
| Authors: | Author: Catherine Johnson, Katie Hickey |
| Page Count: | 112 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), True stories (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story. From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story.From the horrors of the slave trade to a book that changed the world, Catherine Johnson celebrates the incredible life of Olaudah Equiano in this gripping true story.Born in what is now Nigeria in 1745, Olaudah Equiano’s peaceful childhood was brought to an abrupt end when he was captured and enslaved aged 11. He spent much of the next ten years of his life at sea, seeing action in the Seven Years’ War. When he was finally able to buy his freedom, he went on to become a prominent member of the abolition movement and in 1789 published one of the first books by a Black African writer. Journey Back to Freedom focuses on Equiano’s early life, demonstrating the resilience of the human spirit and one man’s determination to be free. |
| Imprint Name: | Barrington Stoke Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-01 |
