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Freewater

by Amina Luqman-Dawson

Newbery Medal · 2023 · Winner
Little, Brown Books for Young Readershistorical-fictionISBN 9780316310680

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Newbery Medal2023Winner

About This Book

Homer and his sister Ada escape a Southern plantation and discover Freewater, a secret community of formerly enslaved people living in the swamps. A richly imagined, emotionally powerful historical novel. Winner of the 2023 Newbery Medal.

About the Author

Amina Luqman-DawsonUS

Amina Luqman-Dawson is an American children's author who won the 2023 Newbery Medal for *Freewater*, a powerful historical novel set in the antebellum South that follows enslaved children who escape to a hidden free community in the swamps. It was her debut middle-grade novel.

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