Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story

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This is such an interesting story about someone everyone should know about! Olaudah Equiano and his sister are enjoying having fun playing together outside when they suddenly hear sounds of something coming. The two fear what they hear and try to run away into the corn, but soon Olaudah and his sister are caught, tied up and made to walk for days until they reach the coast of Africa. There Olaudah finds himself separated from his sister and on a boat where he will begin his life as a slave to white people. This book is published by dyslexic-friendly publisher Barrington Stoke. It’s also a great book for young people who need an easier reading level combined with rich subject matter that works for teenagers (sometimes called high/low). There is nothing in this book which is unsuitable for readers aged 9 plus but it does work for older children too. Catherine Johnson is really the queen of historical fiction for young people and this book is another fantastic one to add to the long list. The story begins with a very brief look into Equiano’s early years and covers his journey through the Caribbean and England. There is an afterword that speaks in detail of the man and his time in England after earning his freedom. This section proved more insightful than the main story. The game is not a sandbox. It’s a visual novel with some branches and more advanced and interactive systems than a regular visual novel. We have stats, money, stores, minigames, and things that are usually not present in most visual novels. However, there is no grind. I tried to achieve a balance between a simplified visual novel and a complex sandbox.

At first, the story is simple and focuses on the character’s everyday life. As you advance, you discover a little more complex plot and individual problems of each character. Please don’t judge the game story by the first 30 minutes.As he gets older Gus eventually gets the chance to learn some skills and how to read and I love how despite the dark beginning he has, he ends up passionate about learning and also ends up loving England when he finally visits it and spends some time ashore there. This story covers the ten years of Equiano’s life, from being eleven and taken to be a slave all the way to when he is finally twenty one and I love how he grows during this time and becomes more and more determined to become free. Some wonderful things happen to him and at the same time there are moments where we see the true realities of what life was like as a slave and this book is such an amazing insight into what Equiano went though and told in such a fun and fictional way even though the story of this man is very real.

Overall, this is an interesting read that's suitable for younger/reluctant readers. Not only does the book shed light on an abhorrent time in history, it also made me want to learn more about Olaudah Equiano. Added the new sandbox mode in the game. The sandbox mode will be available at the end of day 23. From that point on, you can access it through a new link in the left sidebar menu at any time. Born in what is now Nigeria in 1745, Equiano’s peaceful childhood was brought to an abrupt end when he was captured and enslaved aged 11. He spent much of the next ten years of his life at sea, seeing action in the Seven Years’ War. From this version onwards, some important corruption and non-corruption routes will be exclusive according to corruption levels. For example, in a specific event in the current version, if you have a certain amount of corruption points, you’ll only be able to choose the corruption route. If you have fewer than needed corruption points, you will only be able to choose the non-corruption route.Note 1: The sandbox mode has been requested by many players for some time now. The goal is to give players something more to do between updates. However, keep in mind that the sandbox mode is not and will never become the main focus of the game (at least not until the end of the main story). Even so, this mode will have many additions over the course of updates. For now, we only have scenes already present in the story mode (not all of them yet) with the necessary text adaptations and some changes in some events. But the idea is to have many exclusive scenes and characters in this mode. Note: The idea behind this change, as well as the fight tournament prize car in the last update, is to provide players who don’t have access to money cheat a way to participate in Erica’s race events in the future.