Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.
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TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 341 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0439023440 (trade bdg.)
- 0439023459 (alk. paper)
- 9780439023443 (trade bdg.)
- 9780439023450 (alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Curtis, Christopher Paul | Available | 2008 Newbery Honor Book | 33111005264573 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice.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.
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.