Elijah of Buxton
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
creator
text
nyu
New York
Scholastic
2007
This edition first printing, February 2009
monographic
eng
341 pages ; 20 cm
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.
juvenile
Christopher Paul Curtis.
Newbery Honor Book, 2008.
Freedom
Fiction
Slavery
Fiction
Black people
Canada
Fiction
North Buxton (Ont.)
History
19th century
Fiction
Canada
History
1763-1867
Fiction
PZ7.C94137 El 2007
[Fic]
9780439023443 (trade bdg.)
0439023440 (trade bdg.)
0439023459 (alk. paper)
9780439023450 (alk. paper)
2007005181
DLC
070316
20240130085724.0
2923
eng