Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition | 
I think I remember saying to myself last year - don‘t click on these lists… your TBR can‘t cope!
Needless to say I clicked! 🤣
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pickCourageous. Fearless. Daring. Meet Ona Judge, George Washington‘s slave who wanted to be free. She desired freedom so much that one day, she simply departed President Washington‘s Philadelphia home, never to return. Although she escaped, this does not mean that her journey was easy. Read about Ona‘s long and dangerous road to gaining freedom and remaining free. Overall message: Anything worth having is worth working for.
panA NF chapter book adapted from its adult version. I don't know where to start, so my observations at random: Narrative is all over the place. So many tangents. Doesn't focus on Ona until ch 17. Title is a minomer. Would've been better as historial fiction. Too many "could, may, might have" verbs in what's suppose to be a nonfiction book.
Good if you want the the broad context of slavery b/w the American Revolution & Civil War. #dw2020reads
Started a new #readaloud for my kids, ages 10 and 6. Also, one of the books assigned for Camp Read-A-Lot (from the grades 5-8 list).
Hanging out reading to my eight-year-old at the coffee shop. The youth version of the story is great. I thought she might get bored or lost in the history but she‘s soaking it up.
I feel strongly that my kids know from a young age that Martha & George Washington were racists who owned enslaved people. The story of Ona Judge is remarkable and I‘m so excited to be sharing it.
