Black Angels Book Report
Black Angels
Particulars: Black Angels, a historical fiction book by Linda Beatrice Brown published in 2009
Main Characters: Luke- An 11-year-old slave who escapes hoping to head north and join the Union Army.
Daylily- A 9-year-old slave who is freed by her owner while union troops are destroying the town. She runs into the woods with her grandmother and her friend but both her grandmother and friend die leaving her alone in the woods.
Caswell- A white seven-year-old who’s mother goes into labor as the Union troops are destroying the town. While he’s searching for someone to help his mother the Union troops get closer and he has to run into the woods where he quickly gets lost.
Betty Strong Foot- A half African half Indian woman who is a spy for both the Union and the Confederacy who finds Luke, Daylily and Caswell in the woods and let’s them stay with her.
Synopsis: This story takes place in America during and after the Civil War. A young slave named Luke steals his master’s rifle and runs away during the night trying to meet up with some men that he heard about who would be heading north to join the Union Army. He had trouble finding them because it was dark and rainy so he went deeper into the woods so he wouldn’t be found and went to sleep. The next day Union troops came and destroyed the town where another young slave, Daylily, lives. Her master tells her slaves that they are free to go and Daylily escapes with her Granny and her friend Buttercup. They run into the woods where her Granny soon dies and Buttercup is murdered by Union soldiers while Daylily hides. Caswell, a young white boy, also lives in the town being destroyed by Union soldiers and as this is happening his mother goes into labor. He runs off trying to find someone and as the Union troops get closer, he is forced to go hide in the woods. He walks for a little while trying to get to his mother's friends house because he thinks she would have gone there. It gets dark very soon and he goes
Particulars: Black Angels, a historical fiction book by Linda Beatrice Brown published in 2009
Main Characters: Luke- An 11-year-old slave who escapes hoping to head north and join the Union Army.
Daylily- A 9-year-old slave who is freed by her owner while union troops are destroying the town. She runs into the woods with her grandmother and her friend but both her grandmother and friend die leaving her alone in the woods.
Caswell- A white seven-year-old who’s mother goes into labor as the Union troops are destroying the town. While he’s searching for someone to help his mother the Union troops get closer and he has to run into the woods where he quickly gets lost.
Betty Strong Foot- A half African half Indian woman who is a spy for both the Union and the Confederacy who finds Luke, Daylily and Caswell in the woods and let’s them stay with her.
Synopsis: This story takes place in America during and after the Civil War. A young slave named Luke steals his master’s rifle and runs away during the night trying to meet up with some men that he heard about who would be heading north to join the Union Army. He had trouble finding them because it was dark and rainy so he went deeper into the woods so he wouldn’t be found and went to sleep. The next day Union troops came and destroyed the town where another young slave, Daylily, lives. Her master tells her slaves that they are free to go and Daylily escapes with her Granny and her friend Buttercup. They run into the woods where her Granny soon dies and Buttercup is murdered by Union soldiers while Daylily hides. Caswell, a young white boy, also lives in the town being destroyed by Union soldiers and as this is happening his mother goes into labor. He runs off trying to find someone and as the Union troops get closer, he is forced to go hide in the woods. He walks for a little while trying to get to his mother's friends house because he thinks she would have gone there. It gets dark very soon and he goes