Prisoner for Liberty
2007
First Published
4.14
Average Rating
48
Number of Pages
Relates how a fifteen-year-old free African-American soldier became a prisoner of war on a British warship, earned the respect of the captain by playing marbles with his son, and helped a fellow inmate escape.
Avg Rating
4.14
Number of Ratings
14
5 STARS
36%
4 STARS
43%
3 STARS
21%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Marty Rhodes Figley
Author · 7 books
I have fond memories of summer visits to my grandparents in Hannibal, Missouri. Grandma and Grandpa Priests' grocery store featured a candy case chock full of wax lips, licorice sticks and jawbreakers. Grandma and Grandpa Rhodes' farm delighted me with cute, baby calves and garden-fresh corn on the cob. I love to write about ordinary children experiencing exciting events in our country's history. I hope that when young readers finish one of my books they realize that history is much more than facts and dates. It's filled with children's hopes and dreams.
