To Love as Christ - Paperback

by Cassandra Miguel (Author)

Fifteen-year-old Susanna Burke has always thought of their slaves more as family than property. But one shocking incident at her uncle's plantation reveals that not all slave-owners are alike. When she shares the details of the distressing occurrence with her family's housemaid Louisa, Susanna learns the maid has a whole story of her own.With the relentless desire to right past wrongs, Susanna immediately sets out to help Louisa, only to discover one obstacle after another-including a resentful slave master. Can she press on and do what is right, even when it means going against some whom she is closest to? Will she choose to love sacrificially as Jesus exemplified, no matter what the cost?