Runaway

The Daring Escape of Ona Judge

Runaway
Ray Anthony Shepard, Keith Mallett
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Hardback
h279 x 216mm - 40pg
8 Feb 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780374307042
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Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the President' s wife, Martha. Ona was widely known for her excellent skills as a seamstress, and was raised alongside Washington' s grandchildren. Indeed, she was frequently mistaken for his granddaughter. This biography follows her childhood and adolescence until she decides to run away. This book doesn' t shy away from the horrors of slavery, nor the complex role of house servants. Author Ray Anthony Shepard implicates the reader in Ona' s decision to emancipate herself by using a rhetorical refrain, "Why you run, Ona Judge? " This haunting meditation welcomes meaningful and necessary conversation among readers. Illustrator Keith Mallett' s rich paintings include fabric collage and add further feeling and majesty to Ona' s daring escape.
With a distinctive, haunting voice, powerful images, and thought-provoking story structure, this unique look at a remarkable young woman' s life choices and decisions offers an utterly necessary but seldom highlighted perspective on the contradictions within our society' s foundations. A powerful antidote to whitewashed cultural mythology. --Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewA stunning picture book debut . . . an evocative portrait that keenly interrogates the structures upon which America is built. --Publishers Weekly, starred review A fine addition to all collections. --BooklistIn trenchant free verse, Shepard directly addresses Ona Judge, a young woman enslaved to Martha Washington and callously designated for conveyance to the First Lady' s adult granddaughter. This is a moving complement to Dunbar' s Never Caught as well as a potent exemplar of scathing historical critique. --BCCB
Ray Anthony Shepard is a former teacher and retired editor-in-chief of a major education publishing company. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Education and the Harvard Graduate School Education where he received a Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. rayanthonyshepard. com Keith Mallett was born in Pennsylvania and received his formal art training at the Art Students League, and Hunter College in New York City. He has worked as a freelance artist for fifteen years and was the in-house artist for Frontline Art Publishers. Keith' s work is currently published by Canadian Art Prints, one of the largest fine art publishers in the world. keithmallett. com
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780374307042
Published: 8 Feb 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardback
Height: 279mm
Width: 216mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 40

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