Roar book ; Term 1

Summary
 The book that I am reading is called " The Diary of Patsy a Freed Girl ". I've only read the first forty pages and so far I must say the book is AWESOME!! There is this little slave girl by the name of Patsy, she plays in the house with Mistress Davis's children Annie and Charles. Back in that time it was not okay for black people to be able to read, but somehow Annie and Charles managed to do that. They would play school with Patsy who was about the same age as them. According to them Patsy played as the dunce student and Charles was the pupil. Secretly though they was teaching her how to read and write. When Patsy had some free time she would go to the river and take a stick carving words in the dirt to practice her writing. She never got caught, but Mistress told them to stop playing that game because if anyone was to randomly stop by the scene wouldn't look to appropiate. The war had just finished so Annie and Charles got a chance to leave the area. They couldn't carry everything with them so they left Patsy a little notebook and a pen. They told her to write her beautiful thoughts in there and put a date at the top. Patsy liked to act like she didnt understand when she was around them so she could hear the rude things they were saying. They ended up leaving and that was the new beginning of her diary.

Quote

"That's not a proper game. Suppose one of our visitors sees you and misunderstands. It's illegal to teach slaves how to read and write. It spoils them."

Reaction

My reaction on the book was a little bit surprised. I didnt think that it would have been in that kind of setting or manner just by reading the title. I thought things would be a little bit different. The books still good though and I'm looking forward to reading more of it during the weekend.

-Shermaine Blake