Night boat to freedom

Title:

Personal Author EPSB:

Summary:

At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.

Year Published:

2006

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Note:

"Melanie Kroupa Books."

Age Interest level:

Gr. 1-5

Grade Interest level:

All Juvenile.

Awards:

Jane Addams Children's Book Honor, 2007

Subject:

Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.

Slavery -- Fiction.

Underground railroad -- Fiction.

African Americans -- Fiction.

Perseverance

perseverance -- empathy

Geographic Term:

Kentucky -- History -- 1792-1865 -- Fiction.

Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction.

Added Author:

Lewis, Earl B.,

ISBN:

9780374312664

Publisher:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

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Summary:

At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.