“ These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar ethnic cuisine; your diaspora , from what I understand, is mostly in Southern Califo… Gary Shteyngart
“ The rural, mid-19th-century dialect, coupled with the author's interest in ethnobotany, roots the story deeply in the houses, forests, gardens, and even streambeds of antebellum Virginia. –School Libr… Sharon Lovejoy
“ Very different from other middle grade of YA stories I've read about slaves running during the 1800s. – Wandering Librarian Sharon Lovejoy
“ This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination and prejudice. –examiner.com, National Book Examiner Sharon Lovejoy
“ A gripping historical novel . . . heart-stopping, heart-racing and eventually heart-easing.–Library Voice Sharon Lovejoy
“ Rarely do page-turners written for middle-school kids also ignite excitement in adults. (A notable exception is the series of Harry Potter books.) Fewer still explore the secret sorrows of children's… Sharon Lovejoy
“ (Running out of Night) ...is a story that respects this pivotal era of American history, a story that reveals the pain, the courage, and the hope that eventually changed the world.–Middle Shelf : Cool… Sharon Lovejoy
“ Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association Sharon Lovejoy
“ The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh. Kelsey Brickl
“ The past is the occupational realm of historians—their daily work—and scholars have debated what their stance toward these social issues should be. As citizens and professionals, historians may natura… Paul D. Escott
“ In the United States the continued influence of the old elite meant that southern politics fell under the domination of a Democratic Party that gloried the Confederacy, the Lost Cause, the Ku Klux Kla… Paul D. Escott
“ What southern whites further sought, and in a sense demanded, was respect. This the North provided after 1876 in paeans to the courage and dedication of soldiers on both sides. Resentment of northern… Paul D. Escott
“ In the years preceding the Civil War in America, Christian ministers wrote nearly half of all defenses of slavery. Rachel Held Evans
“ The damn vermin are so numerous that I am afraid to sneeze, for fear the damned lice would regard it as gong for dinner, and eat me up - Robert Cobb Kennedy Tobin T. Buhk
