I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly : OUT OF PRINT by Joyce Hansen
	ISBN-10:   0590849131 ISBN-13:   9780590849135 Publisher:   Scholastic Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   October 1997 Pages:   208 Format:   Hardcover; Paper over boards Ages:   9 to 14 Grades:   4 to 9
Description/Notes
Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves. In this novel in the form of a diary, a freed slave girl wonders what to do with her life after leaving the plantation. (Best Books for Children, 6th ed.)