Book
Unbound : a novel in verse / Ann E. Burg.
Record details
- ISBN: 1338282085 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781338282085 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 345 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This book was originally published in hardcover by Scholastic Press in 2016"--Title page verso. |
| Summary, etc.: | The day nine-year-old Grace is called to work in the kitchen in the Big House, everyone warns her to to keep her head down and her thoughts to herself, but the more she sees of the oppressive Master and his hateful wife, the more she questions things until one day her thoughts escape--and to avoid being separated she and her family flee into the Dismal Swamp, to join the other escaped slaves who live there. |
| Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, Intermediate, 2020. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels in verse. |
Available copies
- 37 of 37 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 37 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Falls Public Library | J FIC BUR (Text) | 33120143474499 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | J BURG (Text) | 34030141528973 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | J BURG (OVERSTOCK) (Text) | 34030141528544 | Juvenile Overstock | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | J BURG (OVERSTOCK) (Text) | 34030141528866 | Juvenile Overstock | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | J BURG (Nutmeg Nominee 2020) (Text) | 34000090057514 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Burnham Library - Bridgewater | J FIC BURG (Text) | 36937000627274 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | J BURG (Text) | 34000090055021 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | J BURG (Text) | 34000090058074 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J FIC BUR (Text)
NUTMEG NOMINEE: 2020
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34014141715442 | Juvenile Nutmeg | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J FIC BUR (Text)
NUTMEG NOMINEE: 2020
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34014141715483 | Juvenile Nutmeg | Available | - |
Author Notes
Unbound
Ann Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces , was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. All of her subsequent novels in verse have garnered multiple awards and starred reviews. Serafina's Promise was named an ALA Notable, a Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Unbound was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize, the Christopher Award, and an Arnold Adoff Poetry Honor. Flooded was a Bank Street College Claudia Lewis Award winner, a Bank Street College Best Children's Book (with outstanding merit), and a Junior Library Guild selection. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. Visit her online at annburg.com. Ann Burg's debut novel, ALL THE BROKEN PIECES (2009), was named a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. Her follow-up, SERAFINA'S PROMISE (2013), was named an ALA Notable, Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. You can visit her online at www.annburg.com
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