Cameron, Ann

Growing up with his grandmother in a small Central American town, seven year-old Juan discovers the value of hard work, the joy of learning, and the location of the most beautiful place in the world.

The biography of Olaudah Equiano, the young African boy who was kidnapped, hidden in an enormous sack, and carried off into slavery, and his struggle with injustice, heartbreak, and his own despair as well as his triumph because of his courage, intelligence, love of adventure, and his unconquerable faith.