Trouble Don't Last

By Shelley Pearsall
Reading Level: Late Elementary School, Middle SchoolGenre: Fiction
Awards: Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers 2002
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A powerful historical novel that is harsh and realistic, not only about the brutal effects of slavery that the runaways carry with them forever but also about the prejudice and hardship they encounter on their journey to freedom.