I Want to be Free by Joseph Slate
by Tahira
I Want to be Free by Joseph Slate is a retelling of a story from the Buddhist tradition that takes the reader on a poetic journey of a young slave boy who wants to be free, to the man who finally reaches freedom. Along the way he takes care of an orphaned child who remarkably is able to loose the shackle around his new father’s ankle that has remained with him since boyhood. E.B. Lewis captures the solemn wish of the young boy to be free with water colored pictures amidst a backdrop of nighttime shadows and fields.
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