The Last Runaway

by Tracy Chevalier

Book Overview

New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway , bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this extraordinary freedom movement. Honor Bright, a modest English Quaker, moves to Ohio in 1850--only to find herself alienated and alone in a strange land...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014218036X
• ISBN13: 9780142180365
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Runaway

mmigrant who ends up as part of the Underground Railroad. Loved the quilting references, insight into Quaker faith and runaway slaves, as well as immigration. Always great writing from TC. SPOILER: The only doubt I had was whether Honor really would have gave away her honor in a cornfield out of wedlock.