"Fleischner's biography of Elizabeth Keckly, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship between a First Lady and a Former Slave (2003), will reward older readers who want to know more. (Fiction. 10+)"
Eleven-year-old George is a slave who is coming to hate his condition.
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"Still, an important, absorbing addition to the vast Lincoln library."
Meticulous reconstruction of the relationship between Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckly, a former slave who became the First Lady's personal dressmaker and confidante.
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"A charming fable follows the main text. (chronology, glossary, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 9-12)"
A well-written book in the Native American series, covering the Inuit of northern and western Alaska and the northern coast of Canada, and providing a colorful and educational sketch of their habitat and lifestyle.
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