3. Main characters
Molly: She is the protagonist of the book.
Ella: She is Molly’s sister.
Sarah: She is the mum of Molly and Ella.
Tom: He is Molly’s friend.
Ruth: She is Tom’s mum.
Jacob: He is John and Mr Smith’s servant.
John Smith: He is the master of the plantation.
Mr Smith: She is the wife of John Smith.
Edward Smith: He is the daughter of Mr and John Smith.
4. Summary of the book
The book is about a family formed by: Molly, Ella and Sarah. Molly has got a
friend called Tom and his mother was Ruth, when Sarah was working at the
plantation John Smith her master sees that she has got to sew clothes for his
baby and Sarah said that she was going to do. But while this was happening,
in Ruth’s house, Jacob was going to take Tom to a slave market, Tom was
sold and other master had Tom like a slave. Sarah said to Molly that if she can
take the clothes to Mr Smith she said yes, and when she was taking the
clothes Edward Smith removed the clothes to Molly and She push Edward and
he said that he was going to say to his father. Jacob went to Sarah’s house
and take Molly to John Smith house, she worked like a nanny, one day Edward
waked Catherine and she was crying so Catherine gets up John Smith and he
kick Molly with a whip, later Edward was higher Molly was Edward’s slave,
Edward lose Molly in a bet and when Molly went to the house of the other
5. Pram: Is an object that mums use to carry the baby from
one place to another place when they are babies.
Cot: Is where the babies sleep every night.
Whip: This is an object that in the past masters used like
a punishment and hit servants with it.
Shook (past of “shake”)Is when you move something very
quickly.
Spilled (past of “spill”): Is when a liquid falls from a glass,
for example.
Knitted Past of “knit”): Make clothes from wool by hand.
Vocabulary
