Message in the sky / by Sharon Dennis Wyeth.
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TextSeries: Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Corey's diary ; | My AmericaPublication details: New York : Scholastic, 2003.Description: 102 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: - 0439370574
- 0439370582 (pbk.)
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction
- Homing pigeons -- Juvenile fiction
- Pigeons -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- Underground railroad -- Juvenile fiction
- Amherstburg (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Canada -- History -- 1841-1867 -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's First Chapter Book | My Ameri Wyeth | C3 | Available | 33111004102188 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the final book of Corey's Diary, Corey Birdsong and his family are living a full life in Canada, on their own farm, but they cannot forget about friends left behind, still in the grips of slavery.
In "Message in the Sky", Corey begins attending school, and his family, along with his friend, Mingo, are living well in Canada, where they've built their own farm. But, the Birdsongs cannot let go of the memories of their friends left behind in America. Corey and Mingo hatch a plan to help Aunt Queen, Mingo's adopted mother, escape, but Corey's parents forbid it, and start saving money to buy her freedom, instead. However, when Corey accidentally ends up on the American side of the Ohio River, he finds himself a conductor on the Underground Railroad!
Ten-year-old Corey Birdsong, a former slave, becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad by helping to bring a mother and daughter, runaway slaves, to his family's Amherstburg, Ontario, farm in 1859.