2021年纽伯瑞奖获奖图书

我有什么好害怕的？
我的主人违背了所有诺言。
我失去了深爱的妻子和亲爱的孩子。
他们全部被卖到了南方。我的时间和身体都不属于自己。
只剩下生命的呼吸。
奴役的束缚令我窒息。

这是一本饱含情感色彩的诗歌集。遵循着一位挣脱奴隶制束缚的勇士的生活轨迹，用韵文讲述了一个关于自由的代价和脆弱的感人故事。

故事讲述了亨利•布朗以奴隶的身份来到这个世界，他从小就开始工作，当他成年时，亨利•布朗眼睁睁地看着他的妻子和孩子被铁链卖去南方，他只有挣脱、逃走才能触摸到自由。

A 2021 Newbery Honor Book

In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery.

What have I to fear?
My master broke every promise to me.
I lost my beloved wife and our dear children.
All, sold South. Neither my time nor my body is mine.
The breath of life is all I have to lose.
And bondage is suffocating me.

Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he “entered the world a slave.” He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next — as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But then hope — and help — came in the form of the Underground Railroad. Escape!