Crossing to freedom / Virginia Frances Schwartz ; cover by Greg Ruhl.
Crossing to freedom / Virginia Frances Schwartz ; cover by Greg Ruhl.
By
:
Schwartz, Virginia Frances.
Publication Date
:
2010
Publication Information
:
Toronto : Scholastic Canada,
Physical Description
:
231 p.
Subject Term
:
Boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Black Canadians -- Ontario -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Canadian fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre
:
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Ruhl, Greg.
Summary
:
Eleven-year-old Solomon is a fugitive slave on a dangerous journey north to Canada, and to freedom. His young life has seen many losses: his mother was sold in a slave auction when he was a baby; his father escaped from the plantation and hasn't been seen in five years; and now his grandfather, who has been injured during the last leg of their journey to freedom, and is forced to stay behind. Solomon continues with their group leader, but his feelings of loss and isolation haunt him, as he attempts to forge a new home in Canada.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780545989787
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