Underground to Canada - Hardcover

Barbara Smucker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0435123025 ISBN 13: 9780435123024

Publisher: Heinemann ed, 1986

Synopsis

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this novels tells how, for the black slaves of 19th-century America, heaven didn't lie in the blue beyond, but over the border in free Canada.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara Smucker was one of Canada’s best-known and best-loved authors of fiction for children and young adults. Throughout her career, she was profoundly affected by civil rights issues, which informed works such as Days of Terror , White Mist , and Underground to Canada . She won multiple awards for her work, including the Vicky Metcalf Award, the Canada Council Children’s Literature Prize, and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. She passed away in 2003.

Review:

"A passionate tale of human dignity." - Books in Canada

"Barbara Smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girl's flight from slavery, and—some three decades after it first appeared in print—Underground to Canadastill serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of Canadian history." - Lawrence Hill

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann ed
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0435123025
• ISBN 13: 9780435123024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160