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Worthy : the brave and capable life of Joseph Pierce
Author: Wang, Andrea

Publisher: Levine Querido (2025)

Dewey: 973
Classification: Biography
Physical Description: [57] p., col. ill., 27 cm

BTSB No: 919662

ISBN: 9781646145577

Ages: 4-8

Grades: K-3

Subjects:
Pierce, Joseph, -- 1842-1916 -- Biography
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War

Price: $23.98

Summary:
In the mid-nineteenth century, an impoverished farmer from Canton, China, sold his young son to an American sea captain, Amos Peck. The boy, dubbed "Joe," worked on the ship for months, not knowing if his fate was to do so forever. Or would he be sold again? When the ship returned to America, Captain Peck brought the young boy to his family, who raised him with the other children.

Illustrator:

Vang, Youa

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (08/15/25)
   School Library Journal (+) (10/31/25)
   Booklist (+) (02/01/26)

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