Runaway to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railway - Hardcover
Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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About the Author:
Doreen Rappaport is the author of several children’s books, including American Women: Their Lives in Their Words, and Trouble at the Mines, an Honor Book for the 1988 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.
Review:
Charles Lilly taught at New York’s School of Visual Arts for seventeen years. He has illustrated many books for children, including Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad.
"Scrupulously honest. Remarkable for its fine characterization and its insightful narrative." -- -- The New York Times
"The action is immediate and the plot gripping." -- -- ALA Booklist
"The action is immediate and the plot gripping." -- -- ALA Booklist
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- PublisherHarpercollins
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0060257253
- ISBN 13 9780060257255
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages154
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