what does the book harriet's daughter mean?

Answer 1

From http://www.nourbese.com/NovelsHarriet.htm:

"How does a young black teenager manage to take control of her life? Like heroine Harriet Tubman, Margaret, the spunky young woman of Harriet's Daughter takes control with imagination, determination and a lot of help from older women in her community"

Harriet's Daughter was published in l988 by Heinemann (England) and The Women's Press (Canada). This book was one of two runners up in the l989 Canadian Library Association Prize for children's literature; it was also first runner up in the Max and Greta Abel Award for Multicultural Literature, City of Toronto Book Award Finalist 1995 and **STAR CHOICE** of Educational Impact (Nov ’89)

Harriet's Daughter has been critically acclaimed and much reviewed as " a lively and insightful adolescent novel…about friendship, coming of age and identity", a story "told with warmth, humour and skill." that is "riveting, funny, and technically accomplished." The dialogue has been said to come "right off the page –you’ll find yourself reading it aloud". It makes "the fact of being black a very positive enhancing experience", and is a book "about friendship, loyalty and love that everyone from nine to ninety can enjoy."

You can read excerpts from the book on this website, too.