
Runaway
The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
Ray Anthony Shepard(Author)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2021
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-0-374-30704-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-374-30704-2 (9780374307042)
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Persons
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
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