The Underground Railroad

by Kem Knapp Sawyer

Book Overview

The Underground Railroad offered hope and freedom to those African-American slaves brave enough to journey on it. Here is an explanation of the events surrounding the creation of the secret system and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894908855
• ISBN13: 9780894908859
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 10

Customer Reviews

Bravo!

Through a superb narrative style, Ms. Sawyer explores the Underground Railroad in a student-friendly manner comparable to Madeleine L'Engle but with the scholastic aptitude of Jonathan Spence... a masterpiece unseen since "Lucretia Mott: Friend of Justice."