Coleman, E. (1994) The Foot Warmer and the Crow. Macmillan: New York.
This is a story about a young boy who was a slave. Like many stories from slavery, this story is about the boy wanting to get free and in doing so would have to trick his master. He became his master's foot warmer at night (which meant he slept at the foot of the bed to keep the master's feet warm). While doing this, he learned of many things that the master was thinking and dreaming of, including his biggest fears and nightmares because the master talked in his sleep. The boy was able to use this knowledge to bet his freedom with the master.
This book is great used as a read aloud in elementary school years for students to analyze plot development including climax and turning point.
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