{"product_id":"9780141310015","title":"To Be a Slave","description":" To be a slave.  To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or a table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about how it felt. The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical commentary and Tom Feelings's powerful and muted paintings, \u003ci\u003eTo Be a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e has been a touchstone in children's literature for over thirty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is rare to find a book that enables children to identify as compellingly with slaves as this one does.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"From history-and for our time-there's nothing better than \u003ci\u003eTo Be a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAwards: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 1969 Newbery Honor Book\u003cbr\u003eAn ALA Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSchool Library\u003c\/i\u003e Journal Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine Best Book of the Year  ","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48193536033008,"sku":"9780141310015","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141310015_p0.jpg?v=1763655659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141310015","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}