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Under the quilt of night

A young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.

Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah.
Other Authors: Ransome, James (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Underground railroad > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: A young girl flees from the farm where she has been worked as a slave and uses the Underground Railroad to escape to freedom in the north.
Item Description: "An Anne Schwartz book."
Physical Description: 1 v.: ill.
ISBN: 0689822278
Author Notes: James E. Ransome's highly acclaimed illustrations for Before She Was Harriet received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. His other award-winning titles include the Coretta Scott King winner The Creation ; Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed's Barbershop ; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt ; and Let My People Go , winner of the NAACP Image Award. James is also a recipient of the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award. He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and their books include Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams and Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis . James is a professor and coordinator of the MFA Illustration Graduate Program at Syracuse University. He lives in New York's Hudson River Valley region with his family. Visit James at JamesRansome.com.

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt , winner of the International Literacy Association Award; Girl Wonder , winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; and Apples to Oregon , a Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington State Book Award for Under the Quilt of Night. She lives in Oregon. Visit her online at DeborahHopkinson.com.

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