Polacco, Patricia creator text New York Scholastic 1994 First scholastic printing , September 1995 monographic 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather. Q 660 Lexile Q Raz-Plus Patricia Polacco Friendship Fiction PZ7.P75186 1994 973.7 0590542109 DLC 20250820103056.0 4396 eng