The Freedom Maze a novel Author:Delia Sherman Thirteen-year-old Sophie isn't happy about spending summer at her grandmother's old house in the Bayou. But the house has a maze Sophie can't resist exploring once she finds it has a secretive and playful inhabitant. When she makes an impulsive wish, she slips one hundred years into the past, to the year 1860. Once she makes her way, bedraggled ... more »and tanned, to what will one day be her grandmother?s house, she is taken for a slave.Delia Sherman is the author of two middle grade novels,Changeling(selected for the Sunshine State Young Reader?s Award Program) andThe Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen. Her short stories for younger readers have appeared in numerous anthologies includingThe Faery Reel,Firebirds,Troll?s Eye View, andA Wolf at the Door. She is also the author of a number of novels for adults. Delia lives in New York, New York, and is available to give readings, school and library visits, and teach workshops.« less