Ten-year-old Emmy Blue learns the true meaning of friendship--and how to quilt--while making a harrowing wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family in the 1860s.
Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use," about college educated Dee visiting her rural Southern mother and wanting the family quilts, with study questions and exercises.
Dorothea Granger is commissioned by her Uncle Jacob to stitch an unusual quilt; but when the man dies, Dorothea determines to continue his work helping runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad.