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Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto : Scholastic Canada, c2007.Description: 341 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780439023443 (2007 Schoolastic Press hc.)
  • 0439023440 (2007 Schoolastic Press hc.)
  • 9780439936477 (hc.)
  • 0439936470 (hc.)
  • 9780439936477 (hc.)
  • 0439936470 (hc.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2008.
  • Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Authors, 2008.
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2008.
Summary: In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2008.

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Authors, 2008.

Newbery Honor Book, 2008.

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