- Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
- Year Published: 2007
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 341 p. ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 1070
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0439023440 (trade bdg.) :
- 9780439023443 (trade bdg.) :
- 0439023459 (alk. paper)
- 9780439023450 (alk. paper)
Series
Subjects
- Liberty -- Fiction.
- Freedom -- Fiction.
- Slavery -- Fiction.
- Blacks -- Fiction. -- Canada
- North Buxton (Ont.) -- Fiction.
- Canada -- Fiction.
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- Winners of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- Children's Books by African American Authors
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients 2000-2008
- Historical Fiction North America - grades 4-9
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Call number: Y Fiction , Y Fiction (Paperback), R Newbery Honor 2008
Available Copies: Downtown Youth, West Youth
Additional Details
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.
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