<p><strong>Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!</strong></p><p><strong>7 starred reviews! </strong>"M<strong>onumental." —<em>Booklist </em>(starred review) * "A marathon masterpiece."—<em>Kirkus </em>(starred review) * "Necessary."—<em>SLJ </em>(starred review) * "Shocking and dramatic."—<em>Shelf Awareness </em>(starred review) * "Mesmerizing, confounding and vividly rendered."—<em>Book Page </em>(starred review) * "Williams-Garcia’s storytelling is magnificent; her voice honest and authentic."—<em>Horn Book </em>(starred review)</strong></p><p>This astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America is an epic masterwork—empathetic, brutal, and entirely human—and essential reading for both teens and adults grappling with the long history of American racism.</p><p><em>1860, Louisiana</em>. After serving as mistres