TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curtis,Christopher Paul
TI  - Elijah of Buxton
SN  - 0439023440 :
AV  - PZ7.C94137 El 2007
U1  - [Fic] 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Blacks
KW  - Canada
KW  - Freedom
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - North Buxton (Ont.)
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - gsafd
N1  - ALA Booklist; Coretta Scott King Award/Honor; Newbery Medal/Honor; Publishers Weekly; 5.4; Perma-Bound Books; 7-12; Perma-Bound Books
N2  - 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
ER  -