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The Captive by Joyce Hansen

prairiedances's review

4.0

Fantastic book for the age group it's geered towards. There are even some interesting historical facts in there for adults. The Captive takes a Afrocentric look at slavery from the late 1700s. I would have liked Kofi to be a bit more complex, but other than that the author did a good job of showing life as a slave from the slave's point of view. There are just enough realities of slavery in the novel to prove a point, but the soft ending allows young readers to walk away with some hope. Good stuff.