Stella Stands Alone by A. LaFaye6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() LaFaye, winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, recounts a young woman's struggle to save her family's land and preserve their memory, illuminating the harsh realities faced by women and freed slaves during the turbulent years after the Civil War. With no legal claim to the land, Stella is confronted with the possibility of losing Oak Grove, the only home she's ever known. My Name is Marisol (Beautifully Unbroken 6) By Michelle St Claire, Msb. Now, the bank has foreclosed on the plantation - and the day of the auction is rapidly approaching. After her father is killed and her mother succumbs to yellow. So Stella stands alone as she fights to follow through on her father's dream to leave Oak Grove to her and the slaves. Stella Reid is fighting to save the home she loves. The white Southerners reject her, and the freed men can't trust her after generations of enduring the horrors of slavery. LaFaye - Published 2008 Genres: Children/Young Adult This is an alternate history only in the sense that it posits a plantation run on utopian principles. Sing and James Weldon Johnson Tiger Lilies by Sidney Clopton Lanier Stella Stands Alone by A. Unlike most Southerners, Stella sees herself as equal to the African Americans she works side-by-side with in the cotton fields. After her father is killed and her mother succumbs to yellow fever, it's up to Stella to run Oak Grove, her family's plantation. ![]() Stella Reid is fighting to save the home she loves. ![]()
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