Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

from missbrandysue

Clara is a field hand who is sold away from her family. Her "aunt" teaches her to sew so she won't have to work in the fields any longer. While sewing she begins to create her own quilt that represents the land around her plantation so that she can runaway to freedom. A strong book to read with g...

from Stephanyk

This book would be appropriate for the fourth and fifth grade. There is a lot of dialogue and writing on each page that may be harder for younger students to follow along. The story is about a slave girl named Sweet Clara who has to leave her mother to work on a Plantation at a young age. She alw...

from empress8411

With colorful illustrations and simple prose, this book tells the story of a young girl who dreams of freedom. But no slave leaves because they don't know the way - until Clara figures out a way to make a map. She salvages scraps from sewing, and slowly builds a map from the fabric. Other slaves ...

from Jihan0228

When young Clara was brought to the plantation to work in the fields, Aunt Rachel decides to teach her how to stitch. She will be better to work inside the house. After Clara learns and masters sewing, she stitches a quilt with a map pattern which will help guide her and a young friend, Jack to f...

from julieah

Clara is a young slave who works as a seamstress. Overhearing other slaves talk of the way to freedom, Clara creates a patchwork quilt that can guide others to freedom. When Clara escapes, she leaves the quilt in hopes of saving others as well. This book is a good introduction to a unit on slaver...