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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, January 2002
Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0689822278
ISBN-13: 9780689822278
Grades: K - 5
Awards and Nominations
- IRA/CBC Children's Choices
- Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award Master List (OR)
Description
Award-winning duo Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome combine their talents once more for this sequel to the best-selling Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Traveling late one night, a runaway slave girl spies a quilt hanging outside a house. The quilt's center is a striking deep blue -- a sign that the people inside are willing to help her escape. Can she bravely navaigate the complex world of the Underground Railroad and lead her family to freedom?
Horn Book
Expresses the poignant range of emotions experienced by slavves who risked the journey to freedom.
Multicultural Review
This superb book provides a wonderful experince for all, young or old.
Chicago Sun-Times
Exquisite.
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