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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition | Kathleen Van Cleve, Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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A National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction, Never Caught is the eye-opening narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave, who risked everything for a better life—now available as a young reader’s edition! In this incredible narrative, Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals a fascinating and heartbreaking behind-the-scenes look at the Washingtons’ when they were the First Family—and an in-depth look at their slave, Ona Judge, who dared to escape from one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. Born into a life of slavery, Ona Judge eventually grew up to be George and Martha Washington’s “favored” dower slave. When she was told that she was going to be given as a wedding gift to Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Ona made the bold and brave decision to flee to the north, where she would be a fugitive. From her childhood, to her time with the Washingtons and living in the slave quarters, to her escape to New Hampshire, Erica Armstrong Dunbar (along with Kathleen Van Cleve), shares an intimate glimpse into the life of a little-known, but powerful figure in history, and her brave journey as she fled the most powerful couple in the country.
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Mitch
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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! 🤣

https://www.audiobooks.co.uk/browse/booklists/the-20-best-audiobooks-of-2021/?re...

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😂 3y
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Courageous. 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.

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A 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

TheAromaofBooks I get really frustrated when “for young reader“ editions just remove huge chunks of information and simplify the words that are left without much attempt at recreating the connections that have been removed. I read a young reader's edition of Call of the Wild earlier this year and the story literally did not make sense because they had just removed parts of the story without bothering to to connect the parts that were left! 4y
cozypunk Forgot to add my #campreadalot2020 tag 4y
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cozypunk
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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).

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AlwaysForeverReading
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BookInMyHands
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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.

rretzler 💕 6y
AlwaysForeverReading I really enjoyed reading this book! 4y
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