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The book that I read was __Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons__ by Ann Rinaldi. I don't know what it was like to be a slave but by reading this book I have a pretty good image of how they were treated. The book told about a young girl by the name of Phillis that was sold into slavery at the age of eight. She was taken from her home in Senegal, Africa and sent to Boston, massachusetts. She was purchased by the Wheatley family and imediatedly became part of the family. The family later found out that Phillis had an amazing gift for writing poetry. Mrs. Wheatley tried with everything she had to get Phillis' poems verified to prove that she wrote them. After finally succeeding she sent Phillis to London to get her first book published. When Phillis went back home things on Boston weren't so great. Problems had arose which eventually lead to Phillis and Mr. Wheatley moving in with the Wheatley's daughter and her husband. It was a hard life for Phillis, but somehow she managed to make it work. I would recommend this book to mainly teens and young adults. It would also be a good choice to older kids because it teaches about important values and about the hard times that the slaves had to deal with. It teaches that when life gets tough and you are faced with problems, you should never give up, but just keep trying. This book was inspiring and awesome! You really should read this book.===== By:Destinee Pena

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