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Playaway
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©2022
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1 audio media player (9.5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in
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Title from Playaway label
"Playaway Kids."
Originally published by Blackstone ℗2022
Release date supplied by publisher
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
"The Playaway format is recommended for children ages 5+"--Container insert
Winner of the 2023 Coretta Scott King Award
"Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his younger sister, unwillingly leaving their mother behind. Through tangled vines, hidden doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp. In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to return to Southerland Plantation, free his mother from enslavement, and help his new home."--
Read by Sisi Aisha Johnson and Cary Hite