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Curtis, Christopher Paul.
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Blacks -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Coretta Scott King Award.
CLA Book of the Year for Children.
North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Blacks -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Coretta Scott King Award.
CLA Book of the Year for Children.
North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Elijah
of
Buxton
/ Christopher Paul Curtis
by
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Scholastic Canada, c2007.
Call #:
FICTION CUR
Subjects
Blacks -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Coretta Scott King Award.
CLA Book of the Year for Children.
North
Buxton
(Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780439023443 (2007 Schoolastic Press hc.)
0439023440 (2007 Schoolastic Press hc.)
9780439936477 (hc.)
0439936470 (hc.)
9780439936477 (hc.)
0439936470 (hc.)
Description:
341 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
In 1859, eleven-year-old
Elijah
Freeman, the first free-born child in
Buxton
, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Awards:
Winner of the CLA Book of the Year for Children Award, 2008.
Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2008.
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Authors, 2008.
Newbery Honor Book, 2008.
Genre:
Historical fiction, Juvenile.
Canadian fiction, Juvenile.
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