"Every day she went to the farmer's house, where she made beautiful clothes
for the farmer's daughters.
When Beth was 15 years old, she heard about grandmother's great-grandmother, Lizzie.When Lizzie was15 years old, she worked hard because she was a slave. Lizzie's family was owned by a farmer in Kentucky. They had to work for the farmer, and do what he ordered them to do. Lizzie's father and old brother worked in the fields picking cotton, and her mother and younger brother worked in the vegetable garden. Lizzie worked in the farmer's house. The farmer didn't like Lizzie's older brother and gave him the hardest job. Many slaves tried to run away to the free states but most were captured by slave catchers or tracking dogs. However, some slaves found clever ways to escape. Lizzie was clever and she was a seamstress. Lizzie made a quilt. Bath's grandmother explained that the quilt was really a map. Beth stared at Lizzie's quilt. She imagined she was an escaping slave, and tried saying each pattern out loud. The message was too hard to read. Grandmother explained the message. So, Beth could read the message.
This story is serious. But I like it. I didn't know about slave after I read this book. This story nonfiction but this story made me about slaves. I thought interesting that there was message in the quilt. This illustrations are colorful. I like this book. (235)
points: 2.5
points remaining: 5.8