- Quilts, Juvenile fiction, Slavery, Fiction
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
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Earnest, grave, contemplative and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jacqueline Woodson
- First published
- 2005
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399237492
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