TY - BOOK AU - Curtis,Christopher Paul TI - Elijah of Buxton SN - 9780439023443 (trade bdg.) AV - PZ7.C94137 El 2007 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Press KW - Freedom KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Slavery KW - Blacks KW - Canada KW - North Buxton (Ont.) KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 1763-1867 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007005181.html ER -