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You'll enjoy these titles because: These haunting historical novels set in the south capture the terror of enslavement through the perspectives of young protagonists with incredible courage as they seek freedom.

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  • In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world…
    Book, 2023New York : Scribner, 2023. — FIC War
  • Two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation find refuge in each other while transforming a quiet shed into a haven for their fellow slaves, before an enslaved preacher declares their bond sinful.
    Book, 2021New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] — FIC Jon
  • A gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to finally reunite, all while escaping a former master still intent on their bondage.
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — FIC Har