Elijah of Buxton
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House/Listening Library,
p2008.
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| Edition: | Library ed. |
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| Summary: | In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom. |
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| Item Description: | Unabridged. Compact discs. |
| Physical Description: | 8 sound discs (ca. 68 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: | 9780739367193 0739367196 9780739364154 : 0739364154 : |
| Author Notes: | His story The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 received a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Bud, Not Buddy became the first novel to win both of these awards. Elijah of Buxton received the 2008 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. Curtis also won the 2009 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) |
