Synopses & Reviews
Living in the past . . .
When Obi left South Carolina, he was a runaway slave. Five years later, in 1866, he has returned as a freed man and a Union Army officer, determined to find the only family he has ever known: his beloved Easter and Jason, the young boy they looked after on the plantation. Obi makes his way to New Canaan, a settlement of former slaves, where he learns that Easter is studying in the North. Obi wastes no time in writing to Easter, professing his love and proposing marriage. But it doesn't take long before the two realize that they have changed and have different dreams. Is their love still strong enough to begin a new life together? Or are they just living in the past?
Synopsis
After fighting as a Union officer during the Civil War, Obi Booker has returned as a free man to South Carolina and longs to find the only family he has ever known. But reunions don't come easily in the war-devastated South. Four-time Coretta Scott King Honoree Joyce Hansen explores the aftermath of war and its effect on one man's quest for family and security in this moving conclusion to the award-winning trilogy.
Synopsis
After fighting as a Union officer during the Civil War, Obi Booker has returned as a free man to South Carolina and longs to find the only family he has ever known. But reunions don't come easily in the war-devastated South. When Obi finally does hear news of his beloved Easter, it is only to learn that their love must face the challenge of further separation. Four-time Coretta Scott King Honoree Joyce Hansen explores the aftermath of war and its effect on one man s quest for family and security in this moving conclusion to the award-winning trilogy that includes Which Way Freedom?, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and Out From This Place.
About the Author
Joyce Hansen is a distinguished author of many books for children, both fiction and nonfiction, who specializes in African American History. Four of her books have received Coretta Scott King Honors, including Which Way Freedom, the first book in the Obi and Easter trilogy.