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Author Winston, Sherri, author.

Title Journey to freedom, 1838 / by Sherri Winston ; edited by Michael Teitelbaum.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2018245~S1
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 Nichols Juvenile Fiction  J GREAT ES    AVAILABLE
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Description 84 pages, 20 unnumbered pages, 10 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series Great escapes ; 02
Great escapes (Harper (Firm : New York, N.Y.)) ; 02.
Audience 880L Lexile
Note 880L Lexile
Summary In this retelling of an episode from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slave Eliza Harris resolves to escape with her two-year-old son across the frozen Ohio River to prevent her master from selling the boy. Includes historical notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery in America, the Fugitive slave laws, and the Underground Railroad.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103).
Subject Slaves -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
African American women -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Plantation life -- Kentucky -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Kentucky -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Added Author Teitelbaum, Michael, editor.
ISBN 9780062860392 (hardcover)
9780062860385 (paperback)
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