CD Audiobook
Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780739367193
- ISBN: 0739367196
- ISBN: 9780739364154
- ISBN: 0739364154
- Physical Description: 8 audio discs (8 hr., 58 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Library ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House/Listening Library, ℗2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. Compact discs. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Includes an author's note read by the author" -- container. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Mirron Willis. |
| Awards Note: | Scott O'Dell award, 2008. |
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| Genre: | Audiobooks. Audiobooks. Fiction. Juvenile works. Historical fiction. Audiobooks. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
As the first child born into freedom in a Canadian town for runaway slaves, eleven-year-old Elijah finds himself on a dangerous journey to America to track down an unscrupulous former slave who stole the money from his friend, Mr. Leroy, that was intended to buy his family their freedom from slavery. Book available. - Baker & Taylor
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. - Random House, Inc.
Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He's best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled'a life from which he'll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home.
