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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Contributors:

Ellen Levine (Author)

Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

Contributors: Ellen Levine (Author) ; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

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BISAC categories: Juvenille Fiction -> Historical -> United States

BISAC categories: Juvenille Fiction -> African American & Black

BISAC categories: Juvenille Fiction -> Social Themes -> Prejudice & Racism

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A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.
ISBN-10: 043977733X
ISBN-13: 9780439777339
Author: Levine, Ellen, Nelson, Kadir, N/A
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780439777339

ISBN-10: 043977733X

Publish Date: January 1, 2007

On Sale Date: March 10, 2008

Language: English

Pages: 40

Dimensions: 11.0 × 9.3 × 0.4 in

Weight: 1.1 lbs

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