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1) Nightjohn
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
92 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
2) Show way
Author
Formats
Description
The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
Author
Series
Riverboat adventures volume 1
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
176 p. : ill. map ; 21 cm.
Description
In 1857 twelve-year-old Libby joins her father aboard the Christina and proves that she can be trusted to assist in the escape of a fugitive slave.
8) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
298 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (col. ill.)
Description
A young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the star in the Drinking Gourd or Big Dipper that points to freedom. Includes compact disc recording by Morgan Freeman in pocket inside cover.
12) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Formats
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"The magical world teeters on the brink of collapse. The Dragon King, Celebrant, has united the dragons into a vengeful army, and only a final artifact stands in the way of them unleashing their fury against humankind. With established allegiances shifting under the strain, Seth and Kendra find themselves in desperate need of new allies. Seth must face his most dangerous quest--the fulfillment of his pledge to the Singing Sisters. With only Calvin...
14) Race for freedom
Author
Series
Riverboat adventures volume 2
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
188 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Description
In 1857, while helping to conceal a runaway slave on her father's Mississippi River steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby looks to God for support and hopes that her friend Caleb will let her join the Underground Railroad.
16) Sold
Author
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
17) Forge
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Formats
Description
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
20) Freewater
Author
Formats
Description
After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.
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