Our Kansas Home

Hopkinson, Deborah

ISBN 10: 0689843542 ISBN 13: 9780689843549

Publisher: Aladdin Library, 2003

Synopsis

With violence breaking out all over the Kansas Territory at the hands of border ruffians, Charlie and his family must take extra precautions to keep their hidden runaway slave safe until the Underground Railroad gets back in action. Simultaneous.

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Reading Association Award, Girl Wonder, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award, and Apples to Oregon, a Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington State Book Award for Under the Quilt for the Night. She lives in Oregon. Visit her on the Web at www.deborahhopkinson.com.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-Told with simple, clearly written sentences and taut dialogue, this exciting addition to the series relates the adventures of Charlie Keller's family, who moved to the Kansas Territory from Massachusetts to find a new life and to help keep slavery from spreading. They want their territory to enter the Union as a free state, but the pro-slavery people are more powerful and backed by unruly and violent border ruffians. When the dissidents burn down the Free State hotel, Papa senses the danger and sends Charlie and his dog Lion home. On the way, they encounter a young slave who is trying to make her way to Canada. Charlie takes Lizzie home and his mother comes up with a plan to help her. This high-interest, early chapter book brings an era of history alive, and will pique children's interest, including older reluctant readers. A brief background of the period with several Web sites should encourage further exploration into the events touched upon in this book.
Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE
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About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0689843542
• ISBN 13: 9780689843549
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Faricy Patrick