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Author Curtis, Christopher Paul.

Title Elijah of Buxton [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] Christopher Paul Curtis.

Publication Info. New York : Listening Library, 2008.
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1315702~S1
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System Details Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 128972 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 8:58:28.
Performer Read by Mirron Willis.
Summary Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis provides a child's perspective on the horrors of slavery and the importance of freedom. Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He's best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled--a life from which he'll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home. Bonus Feature: Christopher Paul Curtis reads the author's note.
Subject Freedom -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
Slavery -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
Blacks -- Canada -- Fiction. -- Sound recordings.
North Buxton (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 -- Fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
Black people -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction. -- Sound recordings.
North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author Willis, Mirron E. (Mirron Edward), 1965-
ISBN 9780739364161 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
0739364162 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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