Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Author:Deborah Hopkinson, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation -- and even of running away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land -- a freedom quilt -- ... more »that no master will ever suspect. « less