The depictions of the terrible living conditions, poor diet, brutal punishments, and general dehumanizing effects of slavery are vividly rendered. The resolution of Miles's story is in question until almost the very end, making this a book that will keep readers turning pages. When he returns to the plantation, he manages to become a field hand and waits for Elijah to contact him with instructions on how to escape. Miles begins to think about how he might gain his freedom.
A slave named Elijah recognizes the boy's intelligence and teaches him to read and write. Unfortunately for the master, Miles's experience there does just the opposite. When he is caught looking at the inside of a book, he is sent off to the "breaking ground" to have his spirit broken. Grade 6-8-Miles is a 12-year-old slave training to work as a house servant to a South Carolina plantation owner and his family.
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