""In Amerikay," Maggie's da has told her, "we will start anew.""It's 1898, and Maggie McCrary and her family have just crossedthe ocean to settle in New Orleans. America is the answer toher father's dream of books and proper learning. For hermother, it offers the chance to buy land. But living in acrowded tenement watching her neighbors work hard all day, Maggie isn't sure she likes Amerikay. Then Maggie discoverskinship in Nathan, an African American boy, and hope in theragtime music he plays - music that seems to shout: "Free Free ""I choose who I will be "Striking illustrations pull readers into the rich mix of peoplethat make up New Orleans in the 1890s and into the story ofone young girl's quest to find her own place in America.
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