Pub Date: July 1, 1993
Dewey: 973.7115
LCCN: 92025279
Lexile Code: 0520
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.13" H x 8.52" L x 4.20" W ( 0.23 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States 19th Century | Biography and Autobiography | Historical | African American and Black | General
Series: On My Own History
Description:
Allen Jay's family farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Allen's parents give food and shelter to slaves escaping from the South. One day in 1842, Allen's father asks him to help a runaway slave. Is Allen brave enough? This exciting true story takes you along as Allen meets Henry James, an African American man struggling to find freedom.
Brief description: Janice Lee Porter was born and raised in Chicago. She has a BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from California State University, Chico. She is the illustrator of over two dozen children's books and is an art faculty member at Shasta College in Redding, California, where she teaches painting and drawing. She lives in Chico, California.
Review Quotes: "A straightward story based on a childhood incident recorded in Jay's autobiography...Brill does a good job of incorporating basics about the Underground Railroad into her narrative and bringing out its suspense."