Historical Fiction: Setting is in the United States, about a slave and continues on through the generations of her family until the present day. Includes both male and female main characters. the version i read has a orange cover. read around 2010.

[Cheyenne]

It was a required book for me to read in middle school. I recall the first character being young girl and a run away slave.

[Kris]

Crow by Barbara Wright?

Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson turned up while searching, but it's a picture book.

[Katy]

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie? by Mathis

[Julia]

?

edit: shoot, I think mine was published too recently

[``Laurie]

Maybe this list has the book you're looking for:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...

[Adele]

This is just a guess: The Borning Room

[Laina]

Cane River


?

[Kate]

The link for Katy's suggestion in message #3: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie

[Rainbowheart]

Maybe Queen or something else by Alex Haley?