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Title:
Elijah of Buxton
Author:
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Personal Author:
Curtis, Christopher Paul.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Scholastic, 2007.
Physical Description:
341 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
1070 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 12.0 117751.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 7.5 17 Quiz: 41206 Guided reading level: X.
Subject Term:
Liberty -- Juvenile fiction.

Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.

Black people -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction.

Freedom -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term:
North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction.

Canada -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN:
9780439023443

9780439023450
Format :
Book

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