When nine year old only child Lizzie Henderson brings home Michael, an African straight off the boat from the Charleston slave market to be her constant companion, she sets herself and the proud son of an African chief up for a world of difficulties. As her teen years approach, Lizzie looks forward to her debutant ball, and encourages the attentions of Derrick LePoint, the charming and learned son of a wealthy slaveowner, and Josiah Walsh, a hard working, illiterate sharecropper with seven siblings. From the fields, Scarlett, a spunky and ambitious field hand makes her move to draw Michael to her, and away from her arch rival, Lizzie. When a humiliating event causes Michael to flee life in the Big House, Scarlett is here to make him feel right at home, despite the heavy workload, and stern, domineering overseer. As the years pass, Michael and Lizzie plot his escape from the plantation. But can Lizzie keep Michael's secret, even from her best friends? And who will join Michael in his journey to freedom---Lizzie or Scarlett? Tags: Old South, 1800's, Race, Field Hand, Houseslave, South Carolina, Mammy, Derrick, Lizzie, Michael, Africa, plantation, pre-Civil War Era, patroller, sharecropper, Scarlett, mixed race, mullatto, race relations in the Old South, debutant, rivalry, scarcity of females, Charleston, Horry County, slavery, cotton, tobacco, picker, envy, jealousy, demons, prayer, freedom, escape, slave narrative, ancestors, Onomoraiah, West Coast of Africa, middle passage, gentleman, lady, female:male ratio, marriage, courtship, kissing, sexuality, stable, horses, Silver, blood, whipping, recuperation, accident, childhood, swimming, freedom, orphan, motherless child, overseer, blind, torture, virgin, tutor, classics, Shelly, Socrates, legacy, inheritance, debt, ball, dancing, reputation, honor, loyalty, betrayal, secret, honest, pub, drunk, wildflowers, stream, animal rights,chickens, barn, steilization

Highschool best friends, Julie and Derrick, consider whether their great friendship is worth risking for love.

In Thriller Suite -- appearing serially for the first time on Wattpad -- Margaret Atwood has gathered these new poems inspired by her long history as a reader of strange tales, from 19th century gothic classics to ghost stories to crime fiction and thrillers. Poems that cross thresholds...

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Jamie Williams was never a lucky girl. Her parents abandoned her during her freshman year of high school. They are both wealthy, and send her large checks every month, but it doesn't matter. Jamie doesn't use their money. She wants to earn everything on her own. Her old neighbor took good care of her until she was sixteen and was able to get her license and a job. She found an apartment in the worst part of town and began working to pay her monthly rent. Things didn't seem like they were going to get any better, but then they did. Sort of. Jamie was kidnapped. How would that make things better? Read on and find out.