Debut Author Amina Luqman-Dawson talks to us about the research behind her empowering historical middle-grade novel about Homer who flees Southerland Plantation and finds a secret maroon community called Freewater, created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children.

FREEWATER has five starred reviews and is available now! A free discussion guide and an additional essay by Amina is available on our website.