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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)

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Newbery Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Creator Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a slave with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never put off.

Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as Not up to chair. Not up to an ox. Not up to a dress. Possibly about the same as…a lantern.

You, an object. An object to sell.

In his gentle yet deeply powerful way, Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN’T be bought or sold—dreams. Inspired by the real will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of every one of his “workers”, Bryan has created collages around that document, and others love it. Through fierce paintings and expansive poetry he imagines and interprets each and every person’s life on the plantation, in addition to the life their owner knew nothing about—their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth excess of an Overseer or Madam ever would guess. Visually epic, and never before done, this stunning picture book is unlike anything you’ve seen.

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