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Keywords

african american, anger, anticipation, author's note, bravery, cabin, closeness, communication, cooking, creativity, creek, critical thinking, culture, dancing, death, faith, family, folktale, forest, friendship, hard work, hearing, hope, horse, listening, missing, multicultural, music, nonverbal communication, prayer, relief, religion, rhythm, river, running away, safety, secrets, slavery, song, spiritual, storytelling, woods, worry

Title

Hush harbor: Praying in secret

Description

Simmy is both excited and nervous for his job as Scout during the community meeting. Simmy is excited because this means the elders trust him, but he is nervous because slaves are not supposed to gather and sing together. Simmy must be very careful and listen for the master during the meeting.

Author

Evans, Freddi Williams

Publisher

Carolrhoda Books

Illustrator

Banks, Erin Bennett

ISBN

978-0-8225-7965-6

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2008

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Bianca Guynn, 2010

Citation

Evans, Freddi Williams, “Hush harbor: Praying in secret,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/11249.