01411cam a2200349 4500 130160266 TxAuBib 20080416120000.0 050405s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780786804900 0786804904 (OCoLC)57424574 ICrlF ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Lester, Julius. Day of tears [TN] : a novel in dialogue / Julius Lester. 1st ed. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. 177 p. ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177.) School Library Journal starred. Book Links (A.L.A.) Booklist starred. Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts. 3.6 Follett Library Resources. 5-8. 20080416. Slave trade Fiction. Slaves United States Fiction. Savannah (Ga) History Fiction. Historical fiction. TXGPL