Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
By Patricia C. McKissack and Frerick McKissack
68 Pages
This book explains the differences in being a member of a family that owned a plantation and being a member of a family that worked on a plantation. This book discusses slavery and how life was different for them. The book explains how the slaves did things to celebrate the holiday compared to how the master and his family did things to celebrate the holiday. The author puts into perspective how truly different things were.
Personal Rating- 5
I like how the author told how the master and his family did things and then compared it to how slaves and their families did things on the days leading up to and following Christmas. The author makes it clear for the reader to understand how different life was for slaves. It also explains how little they had. This book can teach the reader a lot about the topic of slavery. I think this book would be best understood and respected by a reader no younger than the fifth grade. The book talks about a lot of important things and a reader any younger than fifth grade would probably have a hard time understanding this story.
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