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To Be a Slave

by Julius Lester Illustrated by Tom Feelings

The humiliation and ostracism of slavery is described in vivid and often painful detail by black men and women who were once slaves themselves. For mature readers.

Ages: 11, 12, 13
Interest Level: Grades 6 - 8
Grade Level Equivalent: 8.6
Lexile Measure: 1080L
Guided Reading: Z
Publisher: Puffin Books
Number of Pages: 160
Genre: Biography and Autobiography, General Nonfiction

About the Author and Illustrator

Julius Lester The need to know more about his individual past led Julius Lester to begin studying slavery. His first book for children was To Be a Slave.

Tom Feelings