Sarny - by Gary Paulsen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in "Nightjohn," is now a young widow. She flees the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, a free woman in search of her sold-away children. Sarny's story gives a panoramic view of America in a time of tragedy, trial, and hoped-for change, until her last days in the 1930s.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>So many readers have written and asked: What happened to Sarny, the young slave girl who learned to read in <i>Nightjohn?</i> Extraordinary things happened to her, from the moment she fled the plantation in the last days of the Civil War, suddenly a free woman in search of her sold-away children, until she found them and began a new life. Sarny's story gives a panoramic view of America in a time of trial, tragedy, and hoped-for change, until her last days in the 1930s.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A satisfying sequel...It is a great read, with characters both to hate and to cherish, and a rich sense of what it really was like then." --<i>Booklist, </i> Starred<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gary Paulsen</b> is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: <i>The Winter Room, Hatchet, </i> and <i>Dogsong</i>. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Among his Random House books are <i>Road Trip</i> (written with his son, Jim Paulsen); <i>Family Ties</i>; <i>Vote</i>; <i>Crush</i>; <i>Flat Broke</i>; <i>Liar, Liar</i>; <i>Paintings from the Cave</i>; <i>Woods Runner</i>; <i>Masters of Disaster</i>; <i>Lawn Boy</i>; <i>Notes from the Dog</i>; <i>The Amazing Life of Birds</i>; <i>Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day</i>; <i>How Angel Peterson Got His Name</i>;<i> Guts</i>; and five books about Francis Tucket's adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults. He divides his time between his home in Alaska, his ranch in New Mexico, and his sailboat on the Pacific Ocean.
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