Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue

Slavery- Justified or Unjustified

Yes! This is an incredible book. An excellent source to teach about slavery. It has it's owned uniqued form of teaching slavery through dialogue. The language of these slaves are including in the dialogue to give us(readers) how they convey their dialect amongst one another. This book not only show the basic aspect of slavery, it a good source to get some understanding of the relationship between slaves and slave owners.I highly recommend this book for a resource in social studies and history classes. It also can be use as a resource for multicultural literature.

Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue

Julius Lester's novel, Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, is a touching story of a young slave named Emma. She, along with her mother and father, work for Pierce Butler's family. Emma accompanies Pierce to a slave auction in order to care for his children. Despite his original intentions, Pierce breaks his promise to Emma's parents and sells her for a large price. While working on Mistress Henfield's plantation, Emma and her friend Joe often discuss the idea of being free and finally decide to make the dream a reality.

Day of Tears is a great inside look at the issue of slavery. Lester effectively captures the emotions, feelings, and attitudes of not only slaves, but also masters and the advocates for or against slavery. The writing style which he chose to use in this book allows the reader to become captivated by and absorbed in the story. Lester not only uses dialogue between the characters to tell Emma's story, but also flashbacks, inner character thoughts, and foreshadowing to bring this story to life. Furthermore, it is a quick read, yet it allows the reader to connect with and feel the emotions of the characters. It is also fairly easy to read and understand, making this book suitable for anyone grades 4 or above. Middle school students, especially, would be a good audience for this novel. I, personally, did not find objective material in it, but adults should be prepared to discuss and elaborate on the issue of slavery with young students who choose to read this book.

Awesome book

This book is very well written about the biggest slave auction. The whole book is written in dialogue and I don't think it should of been wtiiten any other way. It is sad and it teaches American history and what went on during slavery. Once you open this book you will not want to put it down. It is a easy read and I recommend it to everyone to read.

A Capturing Read

This book is amazing. I love the way it's written. It's unique and it makes the book more fun to red. It also gives the book a better understanding because you can hear everyone's point of view.It's also a good reference for history.Read it.

Pure genius.

This book is so amazing, it is hard to stop reading it. For some reason, it never gets old. I still nearly cry whenever I read the sad parts, like when family is seperated or someone dies. It is an amazing mix of fact and fiction, not to mention regular prose writing and script dialouge.

confounding and life changing

As Julius Lester takes you through the wrinkles of time to the period of the enslavement of African Americans he brilliantly paints a clear picture of the emotions and distress of the people. Taking you to the largest slave auction ever held in the world Lester sets the scene as you encounter the struggles slaves had to overcome. As the story is carefully unfolded Julius also describes the seperation of families and friends as more and more slaves were sold, the auction producing a whopping 300,000 dollars worth of slaves, yet trillions of dollars worth of sorrow.

THE BEST BOOK EVER

I could read this over and over. I like how the hole thin is in dialog. And how it goes into the future amnd back into the past. THe book was sad too. I would recomend this book to anyone.

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I dont like depressing books

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A Fantastic Book

I really liked this book because it is written all in dialogue. It was extremely well written and I finished it in less than a day, and I would read it again in a flash. This book deserves many awards.

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this is the best book i have basically read everybody has to read this i Julius lester did a great job

A 'Must Read' for All Students

This book is definately a 'Must Read' for all students studying American History and slavery. Sad but poignant, it is a true account with fictionalized characters of the largest Slave Auction in U.S. history. Gives a true sense of what it must have been like for the slaves, to be thought of as nothing more than chattel, bought and sold as livestock, with no with thought given to their feelings. An excellent book and very deserving of the nomination for the California Young Reader Medal.

Tears to your eyes

Lester, Julius. Day of Tears. New York: Jump at the Sun Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. Tears to Your Eyes *****outstanding Day of Tears is a book about a man that is deep in debt. He is trying to erase his debt by selling his slaves. This book explains how the slaves felt about being sold. This book is about the troubles and hardship that the slaves had to face and conquer. The conflict of the story is when Pierce Butler sells Emma and Joe to Mistress Henfield. Emma and Joe have to change to a different style of life. During the course of the book, it explains how Emma has to deal with her emotions while being separated from her family. I thought the book was really great. It has so many opinions, emotions, and hardships involved in it it will make you cry. Emma is a strong girl and has trouble dealing with her family being away from her. I really liked Emma. She was passionate about Pierce Butler¿s children like the time when Sarah was crying for her mother. Emma dropped what she was doing and rushed to comfort Sarah until Sarah went to sleep. In my opinion, all of the characters were fully developed. I really connected with Emma throughout the whole story

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