Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor Book for 2008, the wonderful book is about eleven-year-old Elijah, the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He's best known for having made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass, but that changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief and discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled--a life from which he’ll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home.
The Vote: Cassie’s three selections to consider were:
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- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
- Flush by Carl Hiaasen
- Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
The winner was Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.
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1 comment:
This was such a great book! We're so sad we missed this one!
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