Elijah of Buxton /
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 341 p. ; 21 cm.
ALA Booklist Coretta Scott King Award/Honor Newbery Medal/Honor Publishers Weekly
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
5.4 Perma-Bound Books. 7-12 Perma-Bound Books.
0439023440 : $17.35
2007005181
Liberty--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Juvenile fiction.
Canada--Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Fiction.
Canada--Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Fiction.
Canada--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.C94137 / El 2007
[Fic]
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 341 p. ; 21 cm.
ALA Booklist Coretta Scott King Award/Honor Newbery Medal/Honor Publishers Weekly
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
5.4 Perma-Bound Books. 7-12 Perma-Bound Books.
0439023440 : $17.35
2007005181
Liberty--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Juvenile fiction.
Canada--Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Fiction.
Canada--Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Fiction.
Canada--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.C94137 / El 2007
[Fic]