Seminole Diary: Remembrances of a Slave by Dolores Johnson is a very realistic book. It starts with a mother explaining to her daughter that the diary has been handed down for generations. She then begins to share the entries. The entries talk about how a family of slaves decides to flee their master and ends up joining a group of Seminoles. However soon the government wants to Seminoles to leave their land and move to Oklahoma. This move splits their family and the diary ends there. I really liked this book because it showed how hard times were for minorities and also that not every story has a happy ending. The illustrations had an interesting blended quality to them that made the characters not stand out clearly. I thought the illustrations of the clothes from that time period were characteristic of their roles in history.
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