My Name Is Not Friday

Download or read book My Name is Not Friday written by Jon Walter and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously written account of a freeborn black boy sold into slavery during the Civil War; think 12 Years a Slave for young adults. Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine. He's taken from the orphanage to the South, given a new name -- Friday -- and sold into slavery. What follows is a heartbreaking but hopeful account of Samuel's journey from freedom, to captivity, and back again.