Wednesday, August 23, 2006

The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers


One family's 250 year history is traced from 1750 when Muhammad Bilal in Sierra Leone is captured and brought to the English colonies into slavery. Family members are depicted in the civil war, great depression and civil rights movement. The Glory Field refers to a particular plot of land in South Carolina that plays a role in their family history.

Panther readers, comment on a character in The Glory Field who stood up for personal beliefs and describe how that is part of being American.

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