This week’s Book of the Week is set in the American Civil War, and is the powerfully told story of a boy sold into slavery.

“This boy has bought me. He owns me body and soul, and my worth has been set at six hundred dollars.”

Samuel’s an educated boy. Been taught by a priest. He was never supposed to be a slave. He’s a good boy too, thoughtful and kind. The type of boy who’d take the blame for something he didn’t do, if it meant he could save his brother.

So now they don’t call him Samuel anymore. And the sound of guns is getting ever closer…