Trouble Don't Last
by Shelley Pearsall
Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2003
Word Count 53,660
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 61331
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Underground Railroad
- Old age--Fiction
- Fugitive slaves--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Slavery
- Race relations--Fiction
- Old age
- Underground Railroad--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Race relations
- Fugitive slaves
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Scott O'Dell Award, 1984-2021
Winner, 2003

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2002
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