Summary
Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, is offered the opportunity to leave her shameful past and be transformed into an educated, high-society woman in Washington, D.C. Full description
Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, is offered the opportunity to leave her shameful past and be transformed into an educated, high-society woman in Washington, D.C. Full description
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Identity > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Young adult fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Young adult fiction.
Savannah (Ga.) > History > 19th century > Young adult fiction.
Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century > Young adult fiction.