{"product_id":"passenger-on-the-pearl-1","title":"Passenger on the Pearl","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNOW IN PAPERBACK!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freedom in the largest slave escape attempt in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people boarded the \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e under cover of night in Washington, D.C., hoping to sail north to freedom. Within a day, the schooner was captured, and the Edmonsons were sent to New Orleans to be sold into even crueler conditions. Through Emily Edmonson’s journey from enslaved person to teacher at a school for African American young women, Conkling illuminates the daily lives of enslaved people, the often changing laws affecting them, and the high cost of a failed escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Clearly written, well-documented, and chock full of maps, sidebars, and reproductions of photographs and engravings, the fascinating volume covers a lot of history in a short space. Conkling uses the tools of a novelist to immerse readers in Emily’s experiences. A fine and harrowing true story.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[\u003ci\u003ePassenger on the Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e] covers information about slavery that is often not found in other volumes . . . Conkling’s work is intricate and detailed . . . A strong and well-sourced resource.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Conkling is a fine narrator . . . Readers familiar with the trials of Solomon Northup will find this equally involving.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Edmondson’s life story is compelling and inspiring. It provides the perfect hook for readers into the horrors of slavery.” —\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42081758314674,"sku":"9781616205508","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_4b51ddc1-71dc-4a5d-9723-31174314b642.jpg?v=1772720773","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/passenger-on-the-pearl-1","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}