In this Civil War story passed from great-grandfather to grandmother, to son, and finally to the author-artist herself, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the shared humanity of the peoples of this world. Scared and uncertain, the boys were faced with a hard decision, and then marauding Confederate troops rode in. One white and one black, both boys struggle to survive this war with the help of Moe.

Fifteen year old Sheldon was a injured union solider who was found in a blood-soaked pasture in Georgia by union garbed Pinkus Aylee. This product also includes a graphic organizer for comparing. Patricia Polaccos book Pink and Say provides a look at the United States Civil War through the eyes of two young participants. It includes discussion questions to use before reading the book and several pages of questions that can be used during and/or after reading the text. This product is a reading unit to use with the book Pink and Say written by Patricia Polacco. But the two boys were putting her in danger, two Union soldiers in Confederate territory! They had to get back to their outfits. Pink and Say written by Patricia Polacco. He was wounded in a fierce battle and left for dead in a pasture somewhere in Georgia when Pinkus. She had soft, gentle hands and cared for him and her Pink. Pinkus’ skin was the color of polished mahogany, and he was flying Union colors like the wounded boy, and he picked him up out of the field and brought him to where the black soldier’s mother, Moe Moe Bay, lived. He was wounded in a fierce battle and left for dead in a pasture somewhere in Georgia when Pinkus found him. Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco Related Edition: Spanish-Language When Sheldon Russell Curtis told this story to his daughter, Rosa, she kept every. I will tell it in Sheldon’s own words as nearly as I can. When Sheldon Russell Curtis told this story to his daughter, Rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many times.

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