Jubilee Journey

by Carolyn Meyer

Series: Jefferson Family (2)

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Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African American mother and her "French American" father, but when they spend some time with her great-grandmother in Texas, Emily Rose learns about her black heritage and uncovers some new and exciting parts of her own identity.… (more)

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Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee – 1999)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Middle Grade – 2000)

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Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection – 1998)

Notable Book for a Global Society (1998)

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April 7, Easter - Dear Emily Rose, I am writing to you, the only daughter of the only daughter of my only daughter, Emily, to invite you to be my special guest at the Freedomtown Juneteenth Diamond Jubilee, sponsored by the African American churches of Dillon, Texas, on Wednesday, the 19th of June, 1996.

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Emily Rose has always felt comfortable growing up in Connecticut with her African American mother and her "French American" father, but when they spend some time with her great-grandmother in Texas, Emily Rose learns about her black heritage and uncovers some new and exciting parts of her own identity.

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