Elijah of Buxton
(2007)

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/FICTION/CURTIS,C

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Fiction J/FICTION/CURTIS,C Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Scholastic, 2007
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

341 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780439023443 (trade bdg.), 0439023440 (trade bdg.), 0439023459 (alk. paper), 9780439023450 (alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Winner of the 2008 Newbery Honor Book Award

Winner of the 2008 Coretta Scott King Author Award

Winner of the 2007 Parent's Choice Gold Award for Fiction

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is 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

Winner of the 2008 Jane Addams Honor Book award for older children

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Winner of the 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction