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Thee, Hannah!

by Marguerite de Angeli · 1940

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Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisreligionreligionMore like thisLess of thisslaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture booksyoung adult
Length
short · 98 pages

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