Larger	My Name Is Not Angelica Author: Scott O'Dell
	Book Information Publisher: Yearling Book Type: Paperback Rating: 9 ISBN-13: 9780440403791 - ISBN-10: 0440403790 Publication Date: 10/1/1990 Pages: 144 Reading Level: Young Adult Book Reviews

The planter who buys you will put you to work in his household or in the sugar-cane fields. In the fields, under the hot sun, slaves don't last long, perhaps a year. So show your white teeth, Raisha, smile a lot, and don't say anything unless you're asked.

Snatched from her home in Africa, sixteen-year-old Raisha begins her new life on the island of St. John's as a slave on Jost van Prok's plantation. Even as a sheltered house servant, Raisha cannot ignore the terrible suffering of other slaves. But is she willing to risk her life to help a group of runaways?

This is a compelling account of the great slave rebellion of 1733, and of one daring young woman's suffering, strength, and ultimate triumph of will.

This is Raisha's story.