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Book Review | The Legend of Freedom Hill
by Linda Jacobs Altman
Score: 3
Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu
© 2000, Lee & Low Books.
During the Gold Rush of the 1850’s, Rosabel and Sophie are best friends because they are both outsiders in a very small California town. Rosabel is African American and Sophie is Jewish.
Although Rosabel is free and has papers to prove it, Miz Violet, her [...]
