Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
	List Price:   $7.99 Unit Price:   $6.39 You Save:   $1.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   1423104099 ISBN-13:   9781423104094 Publisher:   Hachette; Hyperion Books for Children; Jump At The Sun Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   April 2005 Pages:   192 Format:   Paperback
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Through flashbacks, foreshadowing, and shifting first-person points of view, readers will travel with Emma and others through time and space. They come to discover that every decision has its consequences, and final judgment is passed down not by man, but by his maker. Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave 'assets', possibly including Emma.