Bread for words : a Frederick Douglass story by Keller, Shana 

BTSB Prebound(Sleeping Bear Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 512011 Available

Dewey: 973.8092/BAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 560

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Subjects: Douglass, Frederick,|d1818-1895 - Childhood and youth Slaves - Maryland - Biography Books and reading - Maryland - History|y19th century Literacy - Maryland - History|y19th century English language - Writing Abolitionists - United States - Biography African American abolitionists - Biography

Summary: Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using some of Douglass's own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy and his attempts to learn how to read and write.