Paddle-To-The-Sea (Turtleback School & Library)
Ages 8–11

By Alan Govenar
A sharecropper's daughter recounts her Texas childhood.
Journey through the memories of an African American sharecropper's daughter in Texas. Her vivid tales, woven with songs and poems, reveal a life of resilience and hope. What stories lie in her past?
A poignant and powerful oral history, comprised of a patchwork of stories, songs, and poems, about the life and times of an African American sharecropper’s daughter.
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