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A review by passionyoungwrites
Glory Over Everything by Kathleen Grissom
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s 1830 and Jamie Pyke is a black man living and “passing” as a wealthy white man in Philadelphia. When his young servant, Pan, is taken and sold into slavery down South, things start to change.
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Returning to Virgina was crazy, but Jamie felt obligated to little Pan. The same place he ran from as a child to escape the same ending. To his suprise, Sukey - a slave who is scared of nothing is mothering Pan and has plans to get him on the Underground Railroad.
🦢
For one, I couldn’t put this book down and dreamed about the storyline. It’s one you could never forget. I haven’t read many stories where black men are passing as white and this one was surprisingly good. And to see that he risked his freedom to save the little boy was something. Sukey being unable to talk and the story behind it was unbelievable. Though, seeing a main character from her stance in slavery and the ongoing bravery she showed was heartfelt!
🦢
Returning to Virgina was crazy, but Jamie felt obligated to little Pan. The same place he ran from as a child to escape the same ending. To his suprise, Sukey - a slave who is scared of nothing is mothering Pan and has plans to get him on the Underground Railroad.
🦢
For one, I couldn’t put this book down and dreamed about the storyline. It’s one you could never forget. I haven’t read many stories where black men are passing as white and this one was surprisingly good. And to see that he risked his freedom to save the little boy was something. Sukey being unable to talk and the story behind it was unbelievable. Though, seeing a main character from her stance in slavery and the ongoing bravery she showed was heartfelt!