Prior to reading Crossing Ebenezer Creek I had never heard of the tragedy at Ebenezer Creek during which hundreds of freed slaves drowned trying to escape the confederate cavalry.

Author Tonya Bolden brings the events leading up to the tragedy to the fore in vivid detail. Her haunting prose immediately draws you in. Mariah and Caleb‘s experiences are based on truth, and the rawness in which their stories unfold demands you keep reading.

First line: "Beatrice Zinker always did her best thinking upside down."