Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl: New York Colony, 1763
By Patricia McKissack
Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.4
Lexile Measure®: 670
DRA: 50
Guided Reading: T
Genre
- Diaries and Journals
- Historical Fiction
- Dictionaries
- Series
Theme/Subject
- African American History
- Slavery, Underground Railroad, Abolition
- Loyalty
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About This Book
Arriving with her French masters in upstate New York at the tail end of the French-Indian War, Lozette, "Zettie," an orphaned slave girl, is confronted with new landscapes, new conditions, and new conflicts. As her masters are torn between their own nationality and their somewhat reluctant new allegiance to the British colonial government, Zettie, too, must reconsider her own loyalties.Series Information
Today's most distinguished authors lend their voices and talents to this best-selling historical fiction series.
Presented in journal format, "Dear America" invites readers into the personal worlds of girls from different times in American history. Each moving narrative is extensively researched and inspired by real letters and journals of the time. Not only will readers experience firsthand what it was like to grow up in another time and place, but they will discover how important their own stories are to the making of history.
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