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Underground to Canada
Barbara Claassen Smucker
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Description for Underground to Canada
Paperback. Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 182 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 178.
There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around called Canada. The law don't allow no slavery there. They say you follow the North Star, and when you step onto this land you are free ...... Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So ... Read more
There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around called Canada. The law don't allow no slavery there. They say you follow the North Star, and when you step onto this land you are free ...... Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143187899
SKU
V9780143187899
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-77
About Barbara Claassen Smucker
Barbara Smucker was born in a small prairie town in Kansas in 1915 and attended school there through university. Her careers have been numerous. They include newspaper reporting, high school teacher and librarian. She is the author of numerous award-winning novels, including Runaway to Freedom, Days of Terror and Incredible Jumbo. She lived for many years in Ontario, Canada, but ... Read more
Reviews for Underground to Canada
A passionate tale of human dignity. - Books in Canada Barbara Smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girl's flight from slavery, and
some three decades after it first appeared in print
Underground to Canadastill serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of Canadian history. - Lawrence Hill
some three decades after it first appeared in print
Underground to Canadastill serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of Canadian history. - Lawrence Hill