Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift in morals has ripped the Butler household apart: Sarah and their mother oppose the inhumanity of slavery, while Frances and their father, Pierce, believe in the Southern lifestyle and treatment of blacks.Now, to pay off mounting gambling debts, Pierce decides to cash in his "assets." He hosts the…
Author: Julius Lester · Original publisher: Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children (New York, NY, 2005)
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