The Journey of Hannah

By Wanda Luttrell
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Published: March 02, 2012
Words: 45,134 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465947123

Short description

Eleven-year-old Hannah is sold as a slave to a kind Georgia family, but tragedy strikes and Hannah is sold again, this time to cruel tavern owners in Kentucky who beat her often. Hannah runs away, but if she is caught, she could be killed! Should Hannah return to her cruel owners? Can they be persuaded to sell her to caring Miss Rachel next door, or must Hannah continue to live a life of misery?

Extended description

One of ten children of the head cook at Riceland Plantation, eleven-year-old Hannah is sold as a slave to a kind Georgia family to help care for their expected baby. But when the mother and child die in childbirth, Hannah is sold again, this time to cruel tavern owners who beat her often.

She would have been unable to endure had it not been for the kindess of Miss Rachel, the lonely lady next door who would buy her if her owners would sell. Then her mistress insists that she become a thief, and Hannah runs away.

On her escape route, she encounters a revival meeting where she finds her former owner, Alex DuVane, who leads her to Christ. He warns Hannah that runaway slaves can be put to death if caught, and convinces her that as long as she is a runaway, she will never be completely free. He offers to take her back to her cruel owners, and promises to get them to sell her to Miss Rachel.

Can Alex DuVane convince the Westons to sell Hannah to kind Miss Rachel, who will set her fre.. (Read more) One of ten children of the head cook at Riceland Plantation, eleven-year-old Hannah is sold as a slave to a kind Georgia family to help care for their expected baby. But when the mother and child die in childbirth, Hannah is sold again, this time to cruel tavern owners who beat her often.

She would have been unable to endure had it not been for the kindess of Miss Rachel, the lonely lady next door who would buy her if her owners would sell. Then her mistress insists that she become a thief, and Hannah runs away.

On her escape route, she encounters a revival meeting where she finds her former owner, Alex DuVane, who leads her to Christ. He warns Hannah that runaway slaves can be put to death if caught, and convinces her that as long as she is a runaway, she will never be completely free. He offers to take her back to her cruel owners, and promises to get them to sell her to Miss Rachel.

Can Alex DuVane convince the Westons to sell Hannah to kind Miss Rachel, who will set her free? Or must she continue the miserable life of a slave in the hands of cruel masters?
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Tags

slavery, american history, middle grade fiction, great revival of 1801

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