获奖作家阿米娜-卢克曼-道森撰写了一部抒情、易懂的历史性中篇小说，讲述了两个被奴役的孩子逃离种植园以及他们寻找自由的多种方式。
在夜幕的掩护下，12岁的霍默和他的小妹妹艾达逃离了苏瑟兰种植园，不情愿地把他们心爱的母亲留在身后。尽管他很爱她，也很担心她的生命，但霍默知道他们没有回头路可走，更何况还有监工在跟踪他们。穿过纠结的藤蔓、秘密的门道和一座天桥，两人找到了沼泽深处一个名为自由水的秘密社区。
在这个由以前被奴役的人和一些自由出生的孩子创建的社会中，霍默找到了新的朋友，几乎忘记了他来自哪里。但是，当他得知一个可能摧毁自由水的威胁时，他制定了一个计划来寻找他的母亲并帮助他的新家。
这是一个关于生存、冒险、友谊和勇气的引人注目的故事，它深深地激励着人们，并松散地基于南方黑奴社区的历史。
Winner of the John Newbery Medal
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award
Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.
Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.
In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home.
Deeply inspiring and loosely based on the history of maroon communities in the South, this is a striking tale of survival, adventure, friendship, and courage.
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