Two fifteen-year-old girls — one a slave and the other an indentured servant — escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.

Related: Americas, Historical Fiction, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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• ISBN: 9780689821813
• Author: Draper, Sharon
• Published: 2006
• Themes: Escape, plantation, slavery
• Descriptors: Americas, Historical Fiction, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)