The Listeners
Gloria Whelan
Illustrated by Mike Benny
2009
Ella May, Bob by and Sue are the Listeners. They listen and masters window each night to carry news, good and bad, back to their parents and the other slaves so they know what may be coming for them next: who will be sold or what changes are in store. It was during this listening that Ella May found out that her father would not be sold, and that President Lincoln was elected. During one of the Listening sessions, Mistress Louise asked if she could educate the slave children only to be reminded that it was against the law to do so.
The illustrations were warm and showed so much expression. I read Homeless Bird by the same author, Gloria Whelan, so it was cool to see her in another writing form.
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