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Jefferson's sons : a founding father's secret children / Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves, two of whom were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings.
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- ISBN: 9780803734999 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0803734999
- ISBN: 9780545555401
- Physical Description: 360 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
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| Target Audience Note: | 600 Lexile |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Barton Rees Pogue Mem. PL - Upland | JF BRADLEY kimberly Jefferson's (Text) | 76277000031138 | Juvenile Fiction* | Available | - |
| Benton Co PL - Fowler | JF BRA (Text) | 34044000761914 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Centerville Center Twp PL - Centerville | YA FIC BRA (Text) | 76895000106684 | 2nd Floor Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Clayton-Liberty Township Public Library - Main | TEEN BRADLEY (Text) | 38324000299552 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
| Fayette Co PL - Connersville | J BRADLEY (Text) | 39230031355744 | Children Books | Available | - |
| Fayette Co PL - Connersville | YA BRA (Text) | 39230031367053 | Young Adult Books | Available | - |
| Fulton Co PL - Fulton Library | YA BRA (Text) | 33187003278609 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Hamilton North PL - Cicero Main Branch | J FIC.c Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker (Text) | 78294000237277 | J Fiction | Available | - |
| Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | [IYRC] ISLI 813 B811j (Text) | 00000106144306 | IYRC Young Readers Collection | Available | - |
| Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | [IYRC] ISLI 813 B811j (Text) | 00000106144173 | IYRC Young Readers Collection | Available | - |
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- Baker & Taylor
A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves, two of whom were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings. - Penguin Putnam
The untold story of Thomas Jefferson's slave children
Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, and while they do get special treatment - better work, better shoes, even violin lessons - they are still slaves, and are never to mention who their father is. The lighter-skinned children have been promised a chance to escape into white society, but what does this mean for the children who look more like their mother? As each child grows up, their questions about slavery and freedom become tougher, calling into question the real meaning of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Told in three parts from the points of view of three of Jefferson's slaves - Beverly, Madison, and a third boy close to the Hemings family - these engaging and poignant voices shed light on what life was like as one of Jefferson's invisible offspring.
