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Dear Ellen BeeMary E. Lyons, Muriel M. Branch
HistoricalYoung Adult

Dear Ellen Bee

161 pagesFirst published 20003 editions
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A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionScholastic Inc20011619780439342582
EditionScholastic2000—9780439406437
EditionAtheneum Books for Young Readers20001619780689823794
ScrapbooksJuvenile fictionSlaveryFictionUnited StatesUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865HistoryAbolitionists