| Freedom Crossing Contributor(s): Clark, Margaret Goff (Author) |
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ISBN: 0590445693 ISBN-13: 9780590445696 Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1991 Annotation: When Laura Eastman comes home from a vacation with relatives in the South, her loyalties are challenged by abolitionist ideals. Her own father and brother are helping runaway slaves escape. Will Laura help them? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 720 |
| Series: Apple Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 29996 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Laura Eastman returns to New York after living in the South with relatives for four years to discover that her brother and father are part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves to escape to Canada. When a friend brings a runaway slave, Martin, to the house while her father and stepmother are away, Laura must decide what she believes -- and whether she should help Martin escape. |