Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Audiobook

" An historical fiction book about slavery. It was good and evoked a lot of emotion. I felt it was slow in the middle and then just happened too fast at the end. "

" if your not into history. then i wouldnt reccommend this book. history bores me, so this was boring "

" Great historical fiction from Reconstruction era. 5/6th grade "

" This book was awarded the Scott O'Dell award for Historical Fiction. I would suggest this book to children from about 4th grade and up to read that were interested in the time period or were looking for a good book about growing up. "

" This was the first book I read by Harriette Gillem Robinet. She's written a lot of great books. "

" This book was very bording and did not keep my intrest. I would have had a better ending "

" This book exposes what it was like as a African American to live in the Post Civil War era and how major events affected everyone including slaves. A ovie should have been made for this i would have watched it! "

" I thought thios was a pretty sad book. It showed all the reality of what slaves had to deal with after becoming "free". It made me so mad at idiot racist dummkopfs. "

" Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule is the story of two brothers who have escaped from their master after the Emancipation Proclimation and tried to claim land to build a farm. I really enjoyed it because it is easy to relate to the main character. "

" What i learned from this book is that slavery was a hard thing to deal with . Also that even after slavery things were difficult to deal with to . The characters in this book learned that land does not make you free but being somebody with a family is freedom . "

" This book showed the sadness of the time period in a way that Middle School students could understand. It made us all so sad to finish the book. "

" This book exposes what it was like as a African American to live in the Post Civil War era and how major events affected everyone including slaves. A ovie should have been made for this i would have watched it! "

" This book was very bording and did not keep my intrest. I would have had a better ending "

" Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Grades 4-7 Themes: freedom; challenges; racism Ways to use with children: lit circles; write journals of main characters "

" if your not into history. then i wouldnt reccommend this book. history bores me, so this was boring "

" I thought thios was a pretty sad book. It showed all the reality of what slaves had to deal with after becoming "free". It made me so mad at idiot racist dummkopfs. "

" This was the first book I read by Harriette Gillem Robinet. She's written a lot of great books. "