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Great Escapes: Journey to Freedom, 1838

Contributor(s): Winston, Sherri (Author), Bernardin, James (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780062860392

Publisher: HarperCollins

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Pub Date: April 28, 2020

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2019026613

Lexile Code: 0880

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 08 to 12

Physical Info: 0.60" H x 8.60" L x 5.70" W ( 0.50 lbs) 128 pages

Series: Great Escapes

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000508895 ( Great Escapes: Journey to Freedom, 1838)

Reading level: 5.70

Interest level: MG

Point value: 2.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: In this retelling of an episode from Uncle Tom's Cabin, the slave Eliza Harris resolves to escape with her two-year-old son across the frozen Ohio River to prevent her master from selling the boy. Includes historical notes on Harriet Beecher Stowe, slavery in America, the Fugitive slave laws, and the Underground Railroad.

Brief description:

James Bernardin is a versatile and prolific illustrator of many acclaimed books for children. He has illustrated Laura Numeroff's Would I Trade My Parents?, Eve Bunting's Too Many Monsters, and Candy Chand's The Twelve Prayers of Christmas. He has also created artwork for numerous book covers, including Mary Pope Osborne's Tales from the Odyssey series.

James lives on Bainbridge Island in Washington State with his wife, Lisa, and two sons, Wyeth and Bryson.

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