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Amos Fortune, free man
Author: Yates, Elizabeth

Publisher: Puffin Books (2007)

Dewey: 326.92
Classification: Biography
Physical Description: 181 p., ill., 20 cm

BTSB No: 971826

ISBN: 9780525255703

Ages: 12-16

Grades: 7-11

Subjects:
Fortune, Amos, -- 1709 or 10-1801
Slavery
African Americans -- Biography

Price: $6.55

Summary:
The life of the African prince who was brought to Massachusetts as a slave, and he bought his freedom at the age of sixty.

Illustrator:

Unwin, Nora Spicer

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 6.50
   Points: 5.0   Quiz: 3

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 5.80
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 00382

Awards:
Newbery Medal, 1951

Reviews:
The Hornbook

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