Priscilla and the Hollyhocks

Priscilla and the Hollyhocks tells the true story of a girl born into slavery on a Georgia plantation, who is separated from her mother at age four and carries hollyhock seeds with her as she is sold from family to family, planting them wherever she goes as a way to remember home. When her Cherokee owners are forced onto the Trail of Tears, Priscilla makes the painful march with them, until a chance reunion with a kind white businessman leads to her freedom and adoption into his family. This is a uniquely valuable book for students because it illuminates the rarely taught history of Native American slaveholding and connects two difficult chapters of American history through one girl's resilience and hope.

Publishing Details

Author : Anne Broyles

Illustrator : Anna Alter

Author Nationality : United States

Physical Details

Type of Book: Picture

Cover: Softcover

Pages: 32

Size: 9.1 x 11.0 inches

Year Published: 2019

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 3rd

Genre: Fiction

Sub-Genre: Historical Fiction

Theme: Black History, Native Americans, Social Issues, About POC