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Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.

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Main Author: Hahn, Mary Downing
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperTrophy, 2002.
Edition:1st Harper Trophy ed.
Subjects:
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.
Physical Description:202 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:0064409821 : PAP
Author Notes:Mary Downing Hahn grew up in College Park, Maryland. After graduating college, she worked as an art teacher, a college instructor, and a children's librarian in Prince George's Public Library System. She published her first novel, The Sara Summer, at the age of 41. Since then, she has been a full-time writer and averages one book a year. Her ghost story Wait till Helen Comes was the winner of 12 state children's book awards and she received the Scott O'Dell award for her World War II novel Stepping on the Cracks. She currently lives with her husband in Columbia, Maryland.

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