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Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.

Curtis, Christopher Paul, (author.). Beccia, Carlyn, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780439023450
  • ISBN: 9780439023443
  • ISBN: 0439023440
  • ISBN: 0439023459
  • ISBN: 9780545110846
  • Physical Description: 341 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.

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Target Audience Note:
980L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 12 117751.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 11 117751.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award.
Newbery Honor Book.

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Subject:
Black people > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
Black people > Canada > Fiction.
Newbery Medal.
North Buxton (Ont.) > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) > Fiction.
Canada > Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > History > 1763-1867 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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