“You cut your hair,” I said trying not to sound like they’d scared me half to death.

Hannah gave a snort and pirouetted.

“It grows really fast, Mama,” she said. “I got it cut right before my…initiation.”

I cocked my head and looked at her quizzically. “Initiation into what?”

Angela’s Library

“Bunch of hippies that believe slavery is wrong and are willing to fight for their beliefs,”she said inEnglish. “You’ll know them when you see them. They’ve started to wear beads in their hair. You have to earn your beads and we aren‘t old enough to go through the trials, yet.”

at her Sister.”How old?”she asked struggling

Little Sister for the first time and stepped closer.”Much

named her Kennedy. Would you Like to hold her?” I

would be an insult for us to touch her.” That was surprising and I felt silly for offering, but Hannah soothed me quickly. “You know I’d Love toMama.I’d hold her andkissher

girls looked at one another and then at me uneasily. Ra cleared her throat and

a favor,Mama,a big

you can’t,” Hannah

spoke next it was inEnglish,perfectly accented. Evidently Hannah had

are free men held in the mountain now. The women caught them. We

They will not be broken. We have to save them or

shook my head. Free men being killed set my stomach

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