I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
by Joyce Hansen • Book 7 of the Dear America Series
The Civil War is over, but Patsy doesn't feel free. Little has changed on the plantation... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1997
Word Count 31,831
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 17624
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Lists With This Book
- Slavery to Reconstruction
- Fourth Grade Social Studies 2020-2021
- Juvenile Collection
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Author Honor, 1998

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Selection, 1997
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