When Isaac discovers a little wooden horse among his grandfather's treasures, he longs to find out where it comes from. Set in the American South, the story tells of Isaac's great-great-great-grandfather, Jack, and Jack's sister, Molly, who are sold into slavery on a tobacco plantation. Jack gives Molly a little wooden horse as a keepsake before he is sold on downriver to a cotton plantation. Soon Jack is forced to flee for his life, hiding in the marshlands before stowing away on a Mississippi paddle-steamer. Eventually it is the little wooden horse that reunites him with Molly, in a dramatic and poignant story that takes an unsentimental look at the life of runaway slaves.
- ISBN10 0711222509
- ISBN13 9780711222502
- Publish Date 1 June 2004
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 11 September 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Frances Lincoln
- Format Hardcover
- Language English