7.6 /10 1 Votes
4/5 Barnes & Noble Followed by Jump Ship to Freedom | 3.5/5 Goodreads Originally published January 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Characters Wilhelmina Freeman, Aunt Betsy, Horace, Sam Fraunces, Lucy Freeman, Jordan Freeman Similar James Lincoln Collier books, American Revolution books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
War comes to willy freeman imovie
War Comes to Willy Freeman is a 1987 novel by James Lincoln Collier with contributions from his brother Christopher Collier. It is the story of an African-American girl during the Revolutionary War. It is critically acclaimed but has caused controversy for its use of the words "slut" and "nigger".
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Plot
The book is about a 13-year-old girl whose mother is kidnapped by Redcoats and father is killed at the Battle of Groton Heights. She runs away to her Aunt Betsy. albeit in a historical context.
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