tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post7472740908453701913..comments2024-03-25T13:09:43.054-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: Freedom Stone, by Jeffrey Kluger, for Timeslip TuesdayCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-73964017458845404992011-05-18T20:21:59.662-05:002011-05-18T20:21:59.662-05:00Congratulations: Winner of POCCongratulations: Winner of POCSidnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481259299431306849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-65137038999294317752011-04-06T06:09:31.636-05:002011-04-06T06:09:31.636-05:00I've never read Between a Lash and a Hard Plac...I've never read Between a Lash and a Hard Place...I think maybe you are thinking of some other book, because google isn't helping me on this title?????Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-40927823963453833972011-04-06T06:05:39.305-05:002011-04-06T06:05:39.305-05:00Gee, Tanita--maybe it was just me reading it wrong...Gee, Tanita--maybe it was just me reading it wrong, or writing about it wrong--Lillie's parents didn't have illusions. It's not as disingenuous as I must have made it sound!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-4622637759116456202011-04-06T05:38:51.388-05:002011-04-06T05:38:51.388-05:00Mixing history and time travel is always somewhat ...Mixing history and time travel is always somewhat difficult. This sounds a little like Between a Lash and a Hard Place.Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-53850888836524563052011-04-06T04:23:21.040-05:002011-04-06T04:23:21.040-05:00Hm. From your description, it sounds as if the boo...Hm. From your description, it sounds as if the book is a bit disingenuous about slaves, as if the parents of the child, too, were simply living in happy, but straitened circumstances, and didn't know that they weren't free.<br /><br />I just can't imagine a child not knowing. This is not to say that everyone was up and educated on (their nonexistent) Civil Rights, and were just waiting for Sojourner to show up - but it seems like <i>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas</i> ignorant: Hmm, who are all those people behind that cage? And why are they so thin?<br /><br />I have to say even my fifth graders might have felt this was too simplistic.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com