{"product_id":"9781616204365","title":"Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW IN PAPERBACK!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freedom in the largest slave escape attempt in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people boarded the \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e under cover of night in Washington, D.C., hoping to sail north to freedom. Within a day, the schooner was captured, and the Edmonsons were sent to New Orleans to be sold into even crueler conditions. Through Emily Edmonson’s journey from enslaved person to teacher at a school for African American young women, Conkling illuminates the daily lives of enslaved people, the often changing laws affecting them, and the high cost of a failed escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Clearly written, well-documented, and chock full of maps, sidebars, and reproductions of photographs and engravings, the fascinating volume covers a lot of history in a short space. Conkling uses the tools of a novelist to immerse readers in Emily’s experiences. A fine and harrowing true story.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[\u003ci\u003ePassenger on the Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e] covers information about slavery that is often not found in other volumes . . . Conkling’s work is intricate and detailed . . . A strong and well-sourced resource.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Conkling is a fine narrator . . . Readers familiar with the trials of Solomon Northup will find this equally involving.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Edmondson’s life story is compelling and inspiring. It provides the perfect hook for readers into the horrors of slavery.” —\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184183984368,"sku":"9781616204365","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616204365_p0.jpg?v=1769904431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616204365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}