Elizabeth Yates has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is Amos Fortune, Free Man.
Amos Fortune
Summary
The Newbery Award winner, based on a true story! Captured by slave traders when only 15, At-mun never forgot his roots as a prince. Nor did he ever lose his princely dignity and the courage to hold his head high. Sold at auction in America and haunted by the memory of his young sister left behind in Africa, At-mun, now Amos, began his long march to freedom. He dreamed of being free and of buying the freedom of his closest friends. By the time he was 60 years old, Amos Fortune began to see those dreams come true. “It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live,” he often said, and he left a legacy of freedom for himself and others that has immortalized his touching story for us all. Recommended for Grades 3 and up.
©1989 Elizabeth Yates (P)2007 AudioGO
Nearby
Summary
This warm, inspiring story set in a rural New England village called Nearby is brought to life through the eyes of Mary, the new teacher who devotes herself to changing prejudices and lifting her students' minds and hearts to a higher place. With beautiful description, award-winning author Elizabeth Yates weaves a complex plot packed with endearing characters and powerful messages.
©2019 Jenny Phillips (P)2019 Steven Lerud
Prudence Crandall
Summary
In the quiet little town of Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall is living her dream as a teacher. She has opened her own school for young ladies and is enjoying great success from the start. Yet all of her good fortune is jeopardized when Prudence admits a young African American student named Sarah Harris. What unfurls is the true and stirring story of Prudence's faith and courage as she combats the deep-seated prejudices of the town and offers an opportunity for a life-changing education to eager African American female students. "The idea of having such a school is insupportable-reckless hostility-determined to thwart-property no longer safe-break down natural distinction between black and white.... A dire calamity faces Canterbury-shall we surrender to any other nation or race?" "No! No! No!" the people shouted, rising in a body to give their words more force. Elizabeth Yates masterfully chronicles the efforts of the people of Canterbury to force the school's closure through intimidation, vandalism, slander, and legal persecution, as well as Prudence's truly courageous perseverance against such deplorable aggression. Through it all, Prudence stands a stalwart warrior of what is right and good. This story of an admirable fight for educational equality and human dignity is one that continues to inspire and uplift.
©2019 Jenny Phillips (P)2020 Steven Lerud
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Summary
A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only 15 years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true.
©1951, 1989 Elizabeth Yates (P)2018 Listening Library