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Title: A School for Pompey Walker
by Michael J. Rosen, Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
ISBN: 0-15-200114-X
Publisher: Harcourt
Pub. Date: 15 September, 1995
Format: School & Library Binding
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $16.00
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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: an important book for kids
Comment: I think that all kids should read this book: it tells of the horrors of slavery in a way that younger readers will relate to. The narrator is wonderfully voiced, Rosen has done a great job at animating the owner of this amazing story. This book helps kids wrestle with difficult issues like human cruelty and social injustice by being allowed to experience this unique and compelling tale.

Rating: 5
Summary: Pompey a freed slave, returns to slavery for special reasons
Comment: Pompey Walker is a very old man. At the dedication of a school in his honor Pompey tells his unusual life's story of slavery, brutality, freedom and being sold back into slavery for the sake of building a school for African American children in Ohio. Pompey and his white friend Jeremiah, sold Pompey to unwitting slave onwers thirty-nine times. Based on the true story of Gussie West, Pompey's poignant tale illustates how small injustices are sometimes necessary to overcome a greater social ill. The simplicity of the primitive art accompanying the story provides a deeper understanding of the harshness of Pompey's life. A School For Pompey Walker won the Simon Wiesenthal Children's Book Award for it's themes of equality of people, social justice and human dignity. The originality of the story and illustrations provide a vehicle for children to explore the complex ideas of breaking a law for the loftier goal of trying to help correct a greater social injustice, in this instance, slavery. The book is highly recommended for children ages 6-10 and for students in middle school studying 19th century United States history.

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