title: Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
author:  Anne Rockwell 
description: Reviewed in Bookselling<i> Kids' Pick of the Lists Part Two</i> for October 2000.<br><br>&quot;The facts in this picture-book biography speak as eloquently as its illustrations, which have an authority and passion recalling Jacob Lawrence's <i>Harriet and the Promised Land</i>.&quot;<i>&#8212;The Horn Book</i>, Starred Review<br><br>&quot;The look and feel of a children&#8217;s classic . . . a valuable addition to any child&#8217;s library.&#8221;<br> -- <i>The New York Times</i><br><br>&#8220;Rockwell&#8217;s vibrant storytelling, powerful content and moving author&#8217;s note will likely send readers off to further reading about this extraordinary heroine.&#8221;<br> -- <i>Publishers Weekly, </i>Starred<br><br>&quot;It's a powerful story, well told and handsomely set; worth of its courageous subject.&quot; -- <i>The Horn Book Magazine</i>, Starred<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  ## **Contents**
  
  
    
  
  
  [Title Page](part0001.html)
  
  
  [Note](part0002.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html)
  
  
  [Excerpt from THAT WICKED HARLOT](part0006.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0007.html)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0008.html)
  
  
  [Free Sneak Peak Offer](part0009.html)
  
  
  [Copyright](part0010.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  AN INDECENT WAGER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Georgette Brown
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  NOTE
  
  
  
  
  
  For a more wicked version of this story, try Submitting to Lord Rockwell by Em
  Brown.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  DEANA COULD MUSTER NO OATH strong enough to reflect the dismay she felt when
  Lord Halsten Rockwell revealed his ace and queen. She glanced at her own
  cards, a king and a ten, to ascertain she had indeed lost. How was it
  possible? Rockwell had been losing all night.
  
  
  “You owe me fifty pounds, Miss Herwood,” Lord Rockwell stated placidly as he
  collected the winnings in the middle of the table. It included a chit signed
  in her own hand.
  
  
  She suppr