Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary

by Jerdine Nolen

Book Overview

Christopher Award-winning author Jerdine Nolen imagines a young woman's journey from slavery to freedom in this intimate and powerful novel that was named an ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee.

It is 1854 in Alexandria, Virginia. Eliza's mother has been sold away and Eliza is left as a slave on a Virginia farm. It is Abbey, the cook, who looks after Eliza, when she isn't taking care of the Mistress. Eliza has only the quilt...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416958142
• ISBN13: 9781416958147
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7