01008cam a2200241 4500 134348257 TxAuBib 20130417120000.0 110525s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011014275 9781600602450 hardcover : alk. paper 1600602452 hardcover : alk. paper TxAuBib Love twelve miles long / by Glenda Armand ; illustrated by Colin Bootman. 1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, 2011. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 28 cm. In 1820s Maryland, Frederick's mother, who is a slave on a different plantation, walks twelve miles each way for a nighttime visit with her son, during which she recounts what each mile of the journey represents. Based on the childhood of Frederick Douglass. 20130417. New Vocies Award. Slavery Fiction. Mothers and sons Fiction.