"Authentic, grim, historical exploration of the concept of freedom and the lengths to which people will go to to to be free"
Winner of the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal
What does freedom really mean? Tanya Landman pushes back against all kinds of prejudice in this action-packed, emotionally rich and vividly told story about one girl’s struggle to find out. When Charley is freed from slavery at the end of the Civil War between the Yankees and the Confederates she imagines a new world of unlimited opportunities.
Instead, she finds a life that is more dangerous than ever before. Her only way to survive is to disguise herself as a boy and join the army. But the army, like everywhere else, is riddled with prejudice and danger. It is only when Charley is sent to fight against the Apache Indians, another much discriminated against group, that she begins to learn what is could mean to be free.
What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one. That's who. At the end of the American Civil War, Charley - a young African-American slave from the deep south - is ostensibly freed. But then her adopted mother is raped and lynched at the hands of a mob and Charley is left alone.
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What kind of a girl steals the clothes from a dead man's back and runs off to join the army? A desperate one.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Buffalo Soldier and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
Buffalo Soldier features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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Buffalo Soldier was written by Tanya Landman and published by Walker Books Ltd
Buffalo Soldier has 357 pages
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