Solomon

by Marilyn Bishop Shaw

Eleven-year-old Solomon Freeman and his parents, newly freed slaves, are building a homestead in north Florida's wilderness. Their battle to survive is filled with harsh difficulties in this wild new home. When Solomon goes on a cattle drive, he confronts a new world as he rides a marshtackie horse, rounding up a large herd of wild cattle and bringing them to market at the coast - where he sees sights he had never dreamed existed. Are the Freemans strong enough to build a successful homestead? Will they be welcomed in this hard place where blacks have only been slaves in years past? Does Solomon have the wisdom he needs to face challenges beyond his years?

Genres: Young Adult

204 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

Marilyn Bishop Shaw has BS and MS in English Education from The Florida State University, and an EdS in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Florida. She has spent 32 years of teaching in Gadsden, Pinellas, Lafayette, and Alachua counties. She is a voracious reader and relaxes by playing the piano and working in her flower and herb gardens and koi pond.She currently lives in Florida with her husband, J. Robert Shaw, and her two Australian Blue Heelers: Dingo and Coyote.