Elijah of Buxton

English

ISBN: 0439023440

EAN: 9780439023443

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Canada / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated

Release Date: 08/04/2007

Age Range: 9-12

Synopsis: Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis lends his trademark humour and vibrant narrative style to the gripping tale of eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman. The first child born into freedom in Buxton, Ontario, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit, Elijah is best known in his hometown as the boy who threw up on Frederick Douglass. Not on purpose, of course he was just a baby then! But things change when a former slave calling himself the Right Reverend Zephariah W. Connerly the Third steals money from Elijahs friend Mr. Leroy, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah joins Mr. Leroy on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the disreputable preacher, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents have fled a life from which hell always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home. Exciting yet evocative, heart-wrenching yet hilarious, Elijah of Buxton is Christopher Paul Curtis at his very best and its an unforgettable testament to the power of hope.

Awards: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null  Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People – null 

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Elijah of Buxton

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.14 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 18.45 oz

Pages: 352