Elijah of Buxton /
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Elijah of Buxton / - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 341 pages ; 22 cm
Companion book to: The madman of Piney Woods.
Snakes and Ma -- Me and Mr. Frederick Douglass -- Fish head chunking -- Kidnappers and slavers! -- Sharing the fish -- Mr. Travis cheats us out of a great lesson -- Mr. Leroy shows how to really make a lesson stick -- The most exciting night of my life so far -- The mesmerist and Sammy -- Meeting the real MaWee! -- Emma Collins and Birdy -- The secret language of being growned -- Mail from America -- Picnic at Lake Erie! -- Keeping Mr. John Holton alive -- The Preacher comes through -- Bad news from a little village in America -- Kidnapped! -- A ball starts rolling-- The death of Mr. Leroy -- Terrorfied in America! -- Busting free! -- Riding hard back to Buxton -- The revenge of Mr. Frederick Douglass!
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 2008. Coretta Scott King Award Author Winner, 2008 Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year, 2008; TD Canadian Children's Literature Award winner, 2008
9780439023443 0439023440 0439023459 9780439023450
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2007005181
20080180205
Liberty--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Juvenile fiction.
Canada--Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Canada--History--1763-1867--Fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
PZ7.C94137 / El 2007
[Fic]
Elijah of Buxton / - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. - 341 pages ; 22 cm
Companion book to: The madman of Piney Woods.
Snakes and Ma -- Me and Mr. Frederick Douglass -- Fish head chunking -- Kidnappers and slavers! -- Sharing the fish -- Mr. Travis cheats us out of a great lesson -- Mr. Leroy shows how to really make a lesson stick -- The most exciting night of my life so far -- The mesmerist and Sammy -- Meeting the real MaWee! -- Emma Collins and Birdy -- The secret language of being growned -- Mail from America -- Picnic at Lake Erie! -- Keeping Mr. John Holton alive -- The Preacher comes through -- Bad news from a little village in America -- Kidnapped! -- A ball starts rolling-- The death of Mr. Leroy -- Terrorfied in America! -- Busting free! -- Riding hard back to Buxton -- The revenge of Mr. Frederick Douglass!
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.
Newbery Honor Book, 2008. Coretta Scott King Award Author Winner, 2008 Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year, 2008; TD Canadian Children's Literature Award winner, 2008
9780439023443 0439023440 0439023459 9780439023450
Junior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com
2007005181
20080180205
Liberty--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Juvenile fiction.
Freedom--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Blacks--Canada--Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--Juvenile fiction.
Canada--Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Canada--History--1763-1867--Fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
PZ7.C94137 / El 2007
[Fic]