Diary of Charlotte Forten: A Free Black
Girl Before the Civil War
Author: Charlotte Forten
Rating: 4/5 Stars
Reviewer: Denise Z.
Summary: Presents
excerpts from the diary of Charlotte Forten, a free African American teenager
who lived in Massachusetts before the Civil War.
Review: Charlotte
Forten, a freed African American girl before the Civil War, tells her story by
sharing the journal entries she wrote about her life. This would be an
excellent book for any student who needs to complete a biography assignment
because information is presented in an interesting and easy way, with
vocabulary and sidebar information. I thought that it was the right idea to
leave Forten’s entries as is without tampering with her thoughts. A helpful
timeline of her life is given towards the end of the book that highlights the
key points of her life and there are also other reading suggestions at the end
of the book as well as some critical thinking questions to answer that supports
Common Core curriculum. Anyone who enjoys reading the Dear America series would
appreciate this shortened version of the same concept. Part of the Fact Finders
series.
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