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Language
English
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A magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Traveling along the path of the Underground Railroad from Virginia to Michigan, from the Indigenous nations around the Great Lakes, to the Black refugee communities of Canada, In the Upper Country weaves together unlikely stories of love, survival, and familial upheaval that map the interconnected history of the peoples of North America in an entirely new and resonant way"--
Author
Series
Elm Creek Quilts volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this intriguing novel, master quilter Sylvia Compson comes across an heirloom quilt that muddles her heritage. She's always believed her ancestors were active in the Underground Railroad-but perhaps she's been mistaken.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1859 twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.
Author
Language
English
Description
In Westerville, Ohio, 1855, Kate Winter's dreams are almost within reach. As the first woman to graduate from Otterbein College, she'll be guaranteed her deepest wish: escape from the dark secret haunting her family. But with her mother determined to marry her off to a wealthy man, Kate must face reality. She has to run. Now. And she has the perfect plan. Join the upcoming musical performance -- and use it to mask her flight. Ben Hanby, Otterbein...
Author
Series
Quilts of love volume 3
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
With only a quilt to guide them, Quakers Flora Saferight and Bruce Millikan reluctantly agree to put their differences aside to safely transport a pregnant slave couple on the Underground Railroad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Letters between two young girls, one from Goose Creek, Virginia, and her friend living in Philadelphia, chronicle their involvement in helping an escaped slave travel via the Underground Railroad to join her father in Canada.
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"Dak, Sera, and Riq return to the United States and walk right into a deadly trap. The year is 1850, and the nation is divided over the issue of slavery. In these dark days, the Underground Railroad provides a light of hope, helping runaway slaves escape to freedom. But the SQ has taken control of the Underground Railroad from within. Now Dak and Sera are left wondering who to trust ... while Riq risks everything to save the life of a young boy"--P....
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of Henry "Box" Brown's amazing escape from slavery, a gripping tale about the lengths to which people will go in seeking freedom brings to light one of the heroes of the Underground Railroad"--Provided by publisher.
10) Freedom run
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus on the Family Pub
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Jack and Matt use the Imagination Station to travel back in time again to the pre-Civil War South, where they plan to carry out their promise to help two slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.
11) Tomorrow's sun
Author
Series
Lost sanctuary volume 1
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Emily Foster wants to make restitution for a past mistake, and flipping houses seems like the path to her goal. But contractor Jake Braden hates Emily's plan to modernize the old house. But the cost of fighting for guardianship of his late sister's twelve-year-old twins forces him to take the job. When a hidden door and faded love letters connect the house with the Underground Railroad, Emily and Jake embark on a mission to uncover the fate of the...
Author
Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 1
Publisher
A Voice In The World Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the dark clouds of the Civil War swallow the country. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered. The activities of the Underground Railroad and her close friendships with the Cromwell Plantation slaves create difficult choices. But when her decisions put her at odds with her heritage, and challenge her dreams, will...
13) Spring will come
Author
Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 3
Publisher
A Voice In The World Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"As her beloved city of Richmond is transformed into a deadly Civil War battlefield, spirited Carrie Cromwell puts her medical skills to work in a Confederate hospital. While she fights to save unknown soldiers, the one she cares about the most is lost to her. Meanwhile in the North, Carrie's dear friends, former slaves Rose and Moses have found freedom at last -- only to be separated by war. Can Moses, now a Union spy, elude those who are searching...
14) On to Richmond
Author
Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 2
Publisher
A Voice In The World Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"Burdened with the responsibility of running an entire plantation, Carrie Cromwell fights to understand the forces tearing her beloved country apart. As battles rage around her, she watches her life as her life slowly unravels and she discovers truths she would never have imagined. Will her actions and decisions push her even farther from those she loves? When the danger she dreads becomes reality, will she find the courage and strength to escape?"--Author's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1864, after her father and brother are sold to another owner, nine-year-old Addy Walker and her mother escape from their cruel life of slavery in North Carolina to freedom in Philadelphia.
Author
Series
Riverboat adventures volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Libby finds comfort in God's love as she faces the dangers of trying to help a fugitive slave escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
17) Race for freedom
Author
Series
Riverboat adventures volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1857, while helping to conceal a runaway slave on her father's Mississippi River steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby looks to God for support and hopes that her friend Caleb will let her join the Underground Railroad.
Author
Series
Riverboat adventures volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1857, while working for the Underground Railroad on a Mississippi River steamboat, thirteen-year-old Libby hunts for the swindler who has robbed her father and tries to reunite the fugitive slave Jordan with his missing father.
19) Midnight rescue
Author
Series
Riverboat adventures volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby continues to harbor the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from the local prison.
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