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Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)

Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)

Curtis, Christopher Paul

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ISBN10: 0439023440
ISBN13: 9780439023443
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.08 Depth: 8.44
Language: English
Awards: California Young Reader Medal, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Coretta Scott King Award, Delaware Diamonds Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Georgia Children's Book Award, Governor General's Literary Awards, Great Lakes Book Awards, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Michigan Notable Books, Nene Award, Newbery Medal, Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction, William Allen White Childens Book Award, Young Reader's Choice Award
Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice.

Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He's best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change 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 he 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.

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