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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  Chapter One
  
  MRS. ADELINE HERWOOD DISPENSED a good deal of advice that Deana would
  graciously attend then disregard; but on this night, as Deana sat at her
  favorite card table in one of London’s lesser known gaming halls, she wished
  she had heeded her mother and ceased frequenting the gaming hall. For standing
  at the threshold of the card-room was the Baron Rockwell, looking every bit as
  handsome and dapper as when she had last set eyes upon him some twelvemonth
  ago. Dressed in a formal tailcoat, silk brocade waistcoat, and top hat, he
  must have arrived straightway from the opera or Drury Lane. He entered with
  t