| Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad Contributor(s): Levine, Ellen (Author), Nelson, Kadir (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 043977733X ISBN-13: 9780439777339 Publisher: Scholastic Press OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2007 Annotation: In this powerful story, Levine weaves together the extraordinary events in the life of Henry "Box" Brown, who as a young boy hid in a wooden crate in one of the most amazing escapes using the Underground Railroad. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2006009487 |
| Lexile Measure: 490 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 9.3" W x 11" (1.10 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Locality - Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 113369 Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom. |