So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth Ornament with eyes and ears and

with eyes and ears and nose—

disguised and alone

Each is a guide for your own imagination

on a rubber raft they follow the underground river at the bottom of the crevice

slippery words

So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth Ornament with eyes and ears andFrom celebrated author Gary D. Schmidt comes a picture book biography of a giant in the struggle for civil rights, perfectly pitched for readers today. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans. Her story is told with