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Way Up and Over Everything Hardcover - 2008

by Alice McGill; Jude Daly (Illustrator)

My great-grandmama’s mama told her and she told me this story about a long time ago . . .

So begins this account of the author’s great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers . . . created by the wish for freedom. Alice McGill remembers this story, passed down in her family through the generations, from her childhood and how her greatgrandmother told it to her “as if unveiling a great, wonderful secret. My siblings and I believed that certain Africans shared this gift of taking to the air—‘way up and over everything.’”


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My great-grandmama’s mama told her and she told me this story about a long time ago . . .

So begins this account of the author’s great-great-grandmother Jane, and how she meets a slave new to the plantation, a slave who would prove to have magical powers . . . created by the wish for freedom. Alice McGill remembers this story, passed down in her family through the generations, from her childhood and how her greatgrandmother told it to her “as if unveiling a great, wonderful secret. My siblings and I believed that certain Africans shared this gift of taking to the air—‘way up and over everything.’”

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  • Title Way Up and Over Everything
  • Author Alice McGill; Jude Daly (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, Boston MA
  • Date 2008-03-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780618387960 / 061838796X
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 10.25 x 0.39 in (22.86 x 26.04 x 0.99 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 660
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Slavery
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003019384
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

"Daly's delicate and elongated figures...present a bird's-eye view of the story." Booklist Feb 1, 2008 Booklist, ALA

"It's a tale that will have profound effect." Kirkus Reviews 05/15/08 Kirkus Reviews

"Kids will be fascinated by this classic." Starred Review Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"McGill’s dramatic pacing, vivid details, and pungent narrative voice give the story immediacy." Horn Book, Starred

"Inspiring and informative." School Library Journal, Starred

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