Posts Tagged ‘slavery’
Chains
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2008
Historical Fiction
ISBN-10: 1416905855
320 pages
The National Book Awards Nominee
Synopsis
With both her mother and her master now dead, a young and brave girl named Isabel tells her new owner that her previous owner had the papers drawn up to set her free. However, no one believes her, and she and her sister are soon sold again and shipped to New York City during the midst of the Revolutionary War. Battling against all odds, Isabel must fight to protect her sister, herself, and her burning desire to be free. …
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Elijah Of Buxton
Scholastic, 2007
Historical Fiction
ISBN: 0439023440
352 pages
Newbery Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Award Winner
Synopsis
Told from the 1st person perspective of a boy named Elijah about his life and hometown, Buxton, the narrative moves from chapter to chapter, giving Elijah’s point of view on various stories involving he and other characters. Just north of the border in Canada, Buxton is a community for runaway slaves set during the times of late American slavery and the Underground Railroad. …
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