Pink and Say
In a true story, Pinkus Aylee, a black Union soldier, finds Sheldon Curtis left for dead and carries him home to be tended by his mother, but when the two boys attempt to rejoin the Union troops, they are captured and sent to Andersonville Prison.
In a true story, Pinkus Aylee, a black Union soldier, finds Sheldon Curtis left for dead and carries him home to be tended by his mother, but when the two boys attempt to rejoin the Union troops, they are captured and sent to Andersonville Prison.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780399226717 (0399226710)
ASIN: 399226710
Publish date: September 15th 1994
Publisher: Philomel
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
Wow. This book is intense but in a good way. Polacco handles the race and class of the boys well. The dialect is enough to get a sense for the way they talk but not over the top stereotypical. I like when Pink explicitly says his master is a bad man even though he taught him to read (going against m...
A small masterpiece of storytelling. Guaranteed to bring you to tears.
Genre: Racism / Civil War / Friendship Year Published: 1994 Year Read: 2013 Many of the books I had read by Patricia Polacco were extremely emotional and sad like “The Junkyard Wonders” and “Thank You, Mr. Falkner,” but none of them had hit me so close to my heart than her book “Pink and Say...
Told from the perspective of a 15 year old boy (Sheldon) who is fighting in the Civil War. While injured, he meets an African American boy (Pinkus) who rescues him. Pinkus brings Sheldon to his home where his family nurses him back to health. Marauders murder Pinkus' mother. The boys are captured by...
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