![]() ![]() The younger readers edition does not lose the emotional story telling that made the 2017 version of Never Caught so popular. ![]() Armstrong Dunbar’s introductory note makes that clear. A goal of this edition is to ensure that young readers grasp the harsh reality and injustice of American slavery as they grow up to become decision makers. ![]() It features large print, short chapters, and helpful in-text definitions. Released in January 2019, the young readers edition of Never Caught is geared toward middle school-aged students and teachers. Erica Armstrong Dunbar has made Judge’s story more widely known through her 2017 publication Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. To make Judge's story even more accessible, Armstrong Dunbar teamed up with Kathleen Van Cleve to adapt her telling of Judge’s journey to freedom into a young readers edition. Her journey to escape from the ownership of George and Martha Washington is an inspirational story of survival and determination in the face of slavery. When Ona Judge decided to run away from her enslavement at the President’s House in Philadelphia in 1796, she risked her life in search of freedom. ![]()
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