As part of Reconstruction when the American Civil War ended in the spring of 1865, the Freedmen's Bureau instituted a plan to give 40 acres (and maybe a mule) to families of former slaves. This story follows the life of Pascal, a 12-year old orphan who has been a slave on a plantation in South Carolina. When the war ends, his brother, Gideon, returns to South Carolina to collect him and a former slave girl, Nelly, and they head to Georgia in hopes of receiving one of the parcels of land. During their journey, they collect a grandfather and his granddaughter, and this newly-formed "family" continues on in their quest for land of their own.
I listened to this book being read by Andrea Johnson and thoroughly enjoyed it.
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