Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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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.
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Newbery Honor, Blacks, Freedom, Slavery, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Liberty, Enfants noirs, Black Canadian children, Historical fiction, Esclavage, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Voleurs, 1000blackgirlbooks, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Blacks, fiction, Ontario, fiction, Courage, Thieves, Large type books, Black Children, Ficción juvenil, Niños afronorteamericanos, Ladrones, Esclavitud, Black people, Robbers and outlaws, fiction, Children, united states, fiction, award:Newbery_award, lexile:980, lexile_range:901-1000, age:min:9, age:max:12, grade:min:4, grade:max:7Places
Canada, North Buxton (Ont.)Times
1763-1867, 19th centuryShowing 10 featured editions. View all 10 editions?
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Elijah of Buxton
March 25, 2008, Listening Library (Audio)
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Newbery Honor Book, 2008.
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Elijah has to go find this former slave that stole a friends money who was planning on buying his family back out of slavery. What happens along the way is terrifying to even think about, friends getting shot, dying, and freeing slaves.
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