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Author Curtis, Christopher Paul, author.

Title The madman of Piney Woods : a companion to the Newbery Honor Book Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Scholastic Press, 2014.
Location Call No. Status
 Nichols Juvenile Fiction  J CURTIS    AVAILABLE
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Description 363 pages : map ; 22 cm
Summary Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
Audience 870L Lexile
Note 870L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 11 168473
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 11 168473
Subject Black people -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Irish -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Juvenile fiction.
Freed persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Veterans -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Chatham (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
ISBN 9780545156646
0545156645
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