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The House of Dies Drear The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton A black family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad. OL11278406W
Dear Austin Dear Austin Elvira Woodruff Dear Austin is a book about Eleven year old Levi and his friends Jupiter and Possum, in Pennsylvania. Throuout the book Levi is writing letters to his older brother Austin. Levi lives with Miss Amel… OL138040W
Secret of the old red barn Secret of the old red barn Sandra L. Zaugg In 1860 Michigan, as twelve-year-old Zach and his father become involved in a new, unnamed church and befriend neighbors who are freed slaves, they have conflicts with townspeople and with Zach's mot… OL15468834W
Unspoken, a story from the underground railroad Unspoken, a story from the underground railroad Henry Cole In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn and decides to help him. OL16415321W
The other side of free The other side of free Krista Russell In 1739, having escaped from slavery under the British, thirteen-year-old Jem finds himself in the custody of sharp-tongued Phaedra at Fort Mose in Spanish Florida, but his efforts to break free of P… OL18174973W
Freedom Songs Freedom Songs Trina Robbins Fourteen-year-old Sarah is a slave in Maryland during the 1850s. She knows her only chance at freedom is to head North, where slavery is illegal. To get there, though, Sarah needs help from members o… OL1906776W
Brady Brady Jean Fritz A young Pennsylvania boy takes part in the pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities. OL1931493W
Chasing freedom Chasing freedom Nikki Grimes In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's ri… OL19995948W
River runs deep River runs deep Jennifer Bradbury Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption--and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Ra… OL20007448W
Theres Dead Person Following My Sister Around Pa Theres Dead Person Following My Sister Around Pa Vivian Vande Velde Eleven-year-old Ted becomes concerned and intrigued when his five-year-old sister Vicki begins receiving visits from two female ghosts. OL20678216W
Message in the Sky Message in the Sky Sharon Dennis Wyeth Ten-year-old Corey Birdsong, a former slave, becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad by helping to bring a mother and daughter, runaway slaves, to his family's Amherstburg, Ontario, farm in 1… OL2698237W
Freedom's wings Freedom's wings Sharon Dennis Wyeth A nine-year-old slave keeps a diary of his journey to freedom along the Underground Railroad in 1857. OL2698239W
Follow the drinking gourd Follow the drinking gourd Bernardine Connelly A young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the star in the Drinking Gourd or Big Dipper that points to freedom. Includes compact disc recording by Morgan Freeman in pock… OL2986978W
Secret signs Secret signs Anita Riggio When the barn used for hiding runaway slaves burns to the ground, Luke, who is deaf, finds a unique way to pass along information about the next safe haven. OL3372827W
Aquila's drinking gourd Aquila's drinking gourd Pamela Dell In West Virginia in 1859, an eleven-year-old slave is taken from her mother and sold, dreaming of the Underground Railroad her father taught her about, but never imagining that she will board it so s… OL3458159W
The Spirit and Gilly Bucket The Spirit and Gilly Bucket Maurine F. Dahlberg Children's historical novel. In 1859, when Gilly's father goes to search for gold in the Rocky Mountains, the eleven-year-old is sent to stay with her aunt and uncle in Virginia, where she befrie… OL50056W
Mystery at Kittiwake Bay Mystery at Kittiwake Bay Joyce A. Stengel it is about Cassie and her brother Danny and a bunch of other stuff OL6213145W
Henry's freedom box Henry's freedom box Ellen Levine,Kadir Nelson,Ellen Levine A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. OL695989W
Secret to Freedom Secret to Freedom Marcia K. Vaughan Great Aunt Lucy tells a story of her days as a slave, when she and her brother, Albert, learned the quilt code to help direct other slaves and, eventually, Albert himself, to freedom in the North. OL8275118W
Steal away Steal away Jennifer L. Armstrong In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two… OL891703W
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