This book is a wonderful story of a 12 year old girl who escapes to Canada. It takes place in the 1820s. She is born a slave and finds freedom in Canada. It is an excellent read.
Underground to Canada (New Windmills)
By Barbara Claassen Smucker
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grade 6 | n/a | 5.2 | 34565 |
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this novels tells how, for the black slaves of 19th-century America, heaven didn't lie in the blue beyond, but over the border in free Canada.
Publisher: Puffin Canada
ISBN-13: 9780143187899
ISBN-10: 0143187899
Published on 11/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
Book Reviews (2)
this book shows how life was 50-60 years ago. it gives you a new understanding of freedom,slavery and racism