
Freedom Crossing
AUTHOR
ILLUSTRATOR
SERIES
TYPE
AGE
Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
READABILITY
5.5
PAGES
148 p. ;
CATEGORIES
SUBJECTS
PUBLISHER
Publisher Summary
Laura Eastman, a southern girl living in New York State, is astonished to learn that her relatives are illegally sheltering runaway slavesLaura Eastman returns to New York after living in the South with relatives for four years to discover that her brother and father are part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves to escape to Canada. When a friend brings a runaway slave, Martin, to the house while her father and stepmother are away, Laura must decide what she believes -- and whether she should help Martin escape.