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Way Up and Over Everything

Way Up and Over Everything

Published in
2007
3.87
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Description

My great-grandmama’s mama told her and she told me this story about a long time ago . . . So begins this account of the author’s great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers . . . created by the wish for freedom. Alice McGill remembers this story, passed down in her family through the generations, from her childhood and how her greatgrandmother told it to her “as if unveiling a great, wonderful secret. My siblings and I believed that certain Africans shared this gift of taking to the air—‘way up and over everything.’”
Age
8-12
Text complexity
developing
Length
32 pages
Book in series
#2

Why to read

  • Inspiring story
  • Historical context
  • Strong family values
  • Teaches about bravery and perseverance