<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a world of prejudice and slavery seven-year-old May witnesses the power of the written word. She along with her enslaved nanny Tula find that reading is a form of freedom and harvest a love for something intangible. However May soon learns the severity of the racist world she lives in and how something as seemingly simple as reading is a major blessing and privilege.</span></p>