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Elijah of Buxton /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 341 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780439023443
  • 0439023440
  • 0439023459
  • 9780439023450
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Elijah of Buxton.DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 22
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.C94137 El 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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!
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2008.
  • Coretta Scott King Award Author Winner, 2008
  • Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year, 2008; TD Canadian Children's Literature Award winner, 2008
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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
JF JF Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction J CUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000268493

Companion book to: The madman of Piney Woods.

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!

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.

Newbery Honor Book, 2008.

Coretta Scott King Award Author Winner, 2008

Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year, 2008; TD Canadian Children's Literature Award winner, 2008

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