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Greenwood, Barbara

The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad

120 pp. | Kids Can | December, 1998 | Trade ISBN 1-55074-507-7 $$16.95 | Paper ISBN 1-55074-509-3 $$9.95
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Heather Collins. In 1886 a twelve-year-old Canadian girl develops insight into the plight of the slaves when a young escaped slave hides in her home. Interspersed throughout the book are sections of factual information (on Harriet Tubman, the cotton gin, the North Star, etc.) and activities (making gingerbread cookies, a tin can lantern, a cornhusk doll). Realistic pencil sketches illustrate the overly ambitious volume. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty

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