Light in the darkness : [a story about how slaves learned in secret]

Light in the darkness : [a story about how slaves learned in secret] / by Lesa Cline-Ransome ; illustrations by James E. Ransome.

Author/creator	Cline-Ransome, Lesa
Other author/creator	Ransome, James illustrator.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, ©2013.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)	Enslaved persons--Southern States --Juvenile fiction. Reading--Juvenile fiction. Learning--Juvenile fiction. Slavery--Juvenile fiction. African Americans--Juvenile fiction. Southern States--History --1775-1865 --Juvenile fiction.

Abstract	Risking a whipping if they are discovered, Rosa and her mama sneak away from their slave quarters during the night to a hidden location in a field where they learn to read and write in a pit school.
General note	Subtitle from cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	2012001834
ISBN	9781423134954
ISBN	1423134958