Relates the lives of Mary Todd Lincoln, raised in a wealthy Virginia family, and Lizzy Keckley, a dressmaker born a slave, as they grow up separately then become best friends when Mary's childhood dream of living in the White House comes true.
year: 2007
call number/section: 1000
subjects: lincoln, mary todd, 1818-1882, juvenile fiction, keckley, elizabeth, ca. 1818-1907, fiction, slavery, fiction, friendship, historical fiction, united states, history, 19th century, fiction