Leaving Gee's Bend

Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn't mean she can't put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things are going wrong. But when Mama gets deathly ill, it doesn't seem like even quilting will help. Mama needs medicine badly--medicine that can only be found in Camden, over forty miles away. That's when Ludelphia decides to do something drastic--leave Gee's Bend. Beyond the cotton fields of her small sharecropping community, Ludelphia discovers a world she never imagined, but there's also danger lurking for a young girl on her own. Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting traditions of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee's Bend is a delightful story of a young girl facing a brave new world, presented in a new paperback edition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 04/21/2017
ISBN: 9781588383327
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 135127 / Leaving Gee's Bend
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7