Kem Knapp Sawyer is an author who has written everything from travel articles to young adult books. Her work has appeared in the St. Louis Patch Dispatch, the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, Scholastic News, and Cobblestone. Some of her books include biographies of Abigail Adams, Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Lucretia Mott. Sawyer has also written a novel, Freedom Calls: Journey of a Slave Girl.
Gr 6-9-Sawyer follows Tubman from a humble enslaved childhood to her adult life as a free woman and as a guide to lead others to freedom. Along the way, readers gain an appreciation for her brave and extraordinary actions as an abolitionist. In an age when many of her compatriots were treated as chattel, Tubman owned land, rubbed shoulders with the rich and powerful, and openly challenged the institution of slavery. Containing a wealth of photographs and illustrations, this attractive biography provides good general background information, helpful definitions, engaging sidebars, and a visual time line.-Tracy H. Chrenka, Forest Hills Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
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