Minty "A Story of Young Harriet Tubman" by Alan Schroeder/Jerry Pinkney - Illustrator Coretta Scott Award Winner

This is a fiction book that takes place on a plantation that allows the reader to look into the life of a slave and the horrible situations and circumstances that Harriet Tubman underwent. Minty, an eight year old, rebels against her owners authority as much as possible. As a girl, she was placed in the house, but soon Mrs. Brodas thinks she is too clumsy for the housework and sends her to the fields. While doing work in the fields, Minty's urge to run away and gain freedom magnifies. Her father teaches her how to survive on her own and in the wild, so one day she can be prepared to run away. The use of watercolors and details in the illustrations is amazing; this is a great story and history lesson all in one.