Freewater is a 2022 children's novel by American author Amina Luqman-Dawson, and published by Little Brown and Company.

The story, about two young children who escape from slavery and find a community in the Great Dismal Swamp, won both the Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Medal in 2023.

He takes them to "Freewater": a community of Maroons hidden deep in the Great Dismal Swamp.

The book is written with an alternating point of view, helping to develop a large and "multidimensional cast.

Kirkus Reviews calls the novel "An exceptional addition to the resistance stories of enslaved people," and singles out the setting's description for special praise: "...so vivid that it becomes a key aspect of the narrative.