TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curtis,Christopher Paul
TI  - Elijah of Buxton /Christopher Paul Curtis
SN  - 9780439023443
AV  - PS3553 .E455 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Grade four
KW  - Grade five
KW  - Grade six
KW  - Grade seven
N1  - Snakes and Ma --; Me and Mr. Frederick Douglass --; Fish head chunking --; Kidnappers and slavers! --; Sharing the fish --; Mr. Travis cheats us out of a great lesson --; Mr. Leroy shows how to really make a lesson stick --; The most exciting night of my life so far --; The mesmerist and Sammy --; Meeting the real MaWee! --; Emma Collins and Birdy --; The secret language of being growned --; Mail from America --; Picnic at Lake Erie! --; Keeping Mr. John Holton alive --; The Preacher comes through --; Bad news from a little village in America --; Kidnapped! --; A ball starts rolling-- --; The death of Mr. Leroy --; Terrorfied in America! --; Busting free! --; Riding hard back to Buxton --; The revenge of Mr. Frederick Douglass!; 2; b
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007005081.html
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