The Freedom Writer
A Young Adult Biographical Fiction Novel Based on a True StoryBy Caleb Thornfield Grey
Length5h 58m
About this audiobook
The sun in Maryland doesn’t warm; it burns.
At sixteen, I am not a person. I am a tool. A pair of hands for a master who views me as livestock. They call Edward Covey a "slave-breaker," and his business is the destruction of spirits. He works us from before dawn until the stars emerge, his eyes tracking my every movement for the slightest sign of hesitation.
Fear is a cold, constant knot in my stomach. I have watched boys stronger than me wither under the weight of his expectations and the snap of his cowskin whip. But in the deepest, darkest hollows of my mind, I harbor a secret: I know how to read. And I know the word for "freedom."
That knowledge is my only sanctuary, and it is the very thing Covey seeks to crush.
When the work grows beyond human endurance, I reach a terrifying precipice. To submit is to survive, but it demands the slow death of the "I" that exists inside me. To fight back is to invite a slow, agonizing end, but to stay silent is to accept a life where my own soul is not my own.
In the suffocating heat of the cornfields, I must decide: Am I a slave to be broken, or a man waiting to be born?
Discover the untold story of the boy who would become a voice for the world. Read The Freedom Writer today and witness the moment history began to change.
Audiobook details
GenreYoung Adult, Children's Literature
Length5 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Freedom Writer
16Chapter 13: The Root of Wisdom
2Historical Note
17Chapter 14: The Unseen Choice
3Prologue
18Chapter 15: The Threshold of Conflict
4Chapter 1: The Weight of the Soil
19Chapter 16: The Fight for the Soul
5Chapter 2: The Breaker’s Shadow
20Chapter 17: The Silence After
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6Chapter 3: The Hunger for Ink
21Chapter 18: The Invisible Man
7Chapter 4: The Sound of the Whistle
22Chapter 19: The Seeds of Leadership
8Chapter 5: Whispers in the Quarter
23Chapter 20: The Calculation
9Chapter 6: The Breaking Point
24Chapter 21: The Secret Path
10Chapter 7: Forbidden Pages
25Chapter 22: The Defining Stand
11Chapter 8: The Mirror of Degradation
26Chapter 23: The Unbroken Spirit
12Chapter 9: The Anatomy of Cruelty
27Chapter 24: The Horizon
13Chapter 10: The Midpoint Shift
28Chapter 25: The First Step
14Chapter 11: The Fever
29Historical Epilogue: The Path Beyond The Shadows
15Chapter 12: Betrayal of the Body
30Author’s Note
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