Show Way

Show WayWinner of a Newbery Honor Soonie's great grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. And generations

Winner of a Newbery Honor

Soonie's great-grandma was just seven years old when she was sold to a big plantation without her ma and pa, and with only some fabric and needles to call her own. She pieced together bright patches with names like North Star and Crossroads, patches with secret meanings made into quilts called Show Ways -- maps for slaves to follow to freedom. When she grew up and had a little girl, she passed on this knowledge. And generations later, Soonie -- who was born free -- taught her own daughter how to sew beautiful quilts to be sold at market and how to read.

From slavery to freedom, through segregation, freedom marches and the fight for literacy, the tradition they called Show Way has been passed down by the women in Jacqueline Woodson's family as a way to remember the past and celebrate the possibilities of the future. Beautifully rendered in Hudson Talbott's luminous art, this moving, lyrical account pays tribute to women whose strength and knowledge illuminate their daughters' lives.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/08/2005
ISBN: 9780399237492
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.60h x 9.20w x 0.40d
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/12/2005 pg. 67
Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2005 pg. 1037
Booklist 09/15/2005 pg. 63
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2005 pg. 712
School Library Journal 11/01/2005 pg. 111
Kirkus Best Children's Books 12/01/2005 pg. 21
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2006 pg. 249 - Recommended
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2006 pg. 15
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 26
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 53 - Superior,Well Above Average
Christian Home & School 05/01/2006 pg. 28
Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2006 pg. 31

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 88030 / Show Way
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 0.5