In 1861, a young slave named Sam escapes to search for his father, who has been conscripted into the Confederate army, and makes his way to a northern city, while back at the Virginia plantation where Sam was raised Annabelle, the owner's daughter, struggles to run things after her father's death.
- ISBN10 1599908352
- ISBN13 9781599908359
- Publish Date 17 July 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 118
- Language English