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1) Flying free
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1858, nine-year-old Corey Birdsong and his family, fugitive slaves from Kentucky, build a new life in Amherstburg, Canada, while still hoping to help those they left behind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Corey Birdsong, a former slave, becomes a conductor on the Underground Railroad by helping to bring a mother and daughter, runaway slaves, to his family's Amherstburg, Ontario, farm in 1859.
Corey begins attending school, and his family, along with his friend, Mingo, are living well in Canada, where they've built their own farm. But, the Birdsongs cannot let go of the memories of their friends left behind in America. Corey and Mingo...