The cursed ground

by T. R. Simon · 2018

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When Zora Neale Hurston and her best friend, Carrie Brown, discover that the town mute can speak after all, they think they ve uncovered a big secret. But Mr. Polk s silence is just one piece of a larger puzzle that stretches back half a century to the tragic story of an enslaved girl named Lucia.

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detectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of thisslaveryslaveryMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisFloridaFloridaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 250 pages

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