Escape to Freedom Paperback by Barbara Brooks-Simon

Product Details

• Publisher: National Geographic Kids (2004-03-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 40 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780792265511
• Item Weight: 130.41 grams
• Dimensions: 8.98 x 7.04 x 0.11 cm

The year is 1858, and a 14-year old house servant named Callie and another young slave named William attempt a daring escape on the Underground Railroad. Traveling by night, these brave teens come across things they cannot believe, such as an African-American newspaper published by escaped slave Frederick Douglass, all the while amazingly avoiding capture.

Barbara Brooks weaves fact-based oral histories of the fictional characters Callie and William with rich period photographs, maps, and/or illustrations on every page, that place the adventures squarely within the era.

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