| The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad Contributor(s): Monjo, F. N. (Author), Brenner, Fred (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064440427 ISBN-13: 9780064440424 Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1983 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Follow the drinking gourd..... The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party - or Will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 92010823 |
| Lexile Measure: 560 |
| Series: I Can Read! - Level 3 |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5.88" W x 8.88" (0.28 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 259 Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party--or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed? This Level 3 I Can Read book is a captivating first-person historical fiction account of the Underground Railroad, narrated by Tommy, a ten year-old Quaker boy, . With beautiful, simple prose that folds in historical facts about slavery and the Civil War, this book makes this important period of American history accessible to beginning readers. Includes an afterword from the author F.N. Monjo that explains the historical context of the Fugitive Slave Law. Supports the Common Core Learning Standards |
Contributor Bio(s): Monjo, F. N.: - The late F. N. Monjo, author of The Drinking Gourd, wrote two other popular I Can Read Books: Indian Summer, illustrated by Anita Lobel, and The One Bad Thing About Father, illustrated by Rocco Negri. |