Rating: 
Summary: Unforgettable
Review: This is a great book. However, it is not for the faint of heart! As a parent of two younger children I am not sure that I would want my ten year old daughter to read this book. The Slave Dancer is the story of a thirteen year old New Orleans boy who is kidnapped and forced to work on a slave ship. This book really made me feel like I was there, watching the pain and agony that surrounded Jessie. I heartily recommend this book for teenagers and adults interested in historical fiction. This book certainly deserved the Newbery Medal in my opinion. I simply couldn't put the book down and finished it in one day. One final caveat, don't read this book if you only like stories where everyone lives happily ever after. This book is about real life, pain and sorrow, grief and rage. But also about friendship, honesty, and courage. To any adults reading this, don't let the kids have all the good stuff. Read this book for yourself; it stacks up favorably against the best of adult fiction.
Rating: 
Summary: Slave Dancer
Review: Until something big happens to Jessie, in the book Slave Dancer, by: Paula Fox, everything becomes a disaster. As soon as Jessie boards the Moonlight he meets the crew, the crew is extremely nice at first but after a while they became mean. Next the slaves board the ship,and that's when Jesse's job starts, he plays he's fife so the slaves can dance and keep them healthy for selling. Later the captain announces that there is an illness going around. Five men, two children and one woman die on the Moonlight from the illness. Jessie then meets his new slave, Ras. After months and months of harsh conditions there is a terrible storm. Jessie and Ras hide together and wait for the storm to pass. They came up from their hiding place and find everyone dead. The next thing they knew a man approached them. A man named is Daniel, feeds them, shelters them, and cloths them and after a couple of days, Ras was taken to the north, to live in freedom and peace. The old man packs Jessie up to walk home. Jessie walks for three days and finally enters to his home. I think the Slave Dancer was a really good book. It had everything a reader would want in a book. It was exceeding, sad, and scary. But it was the only book that had all those things. It was almost like you were there to see the action. There was dancing and singing in the book. So I hope you like it as much as I did.
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