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Raven, Margot Theis

Night Boat to Freedom

40 pp. | Farrar/Kroupa | November, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-374-31266-4 $16.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. "What scares the head is best done with the heart." Granny Judith speaks these words to twelve-year-old Christmas John to prepare him for a dangerous mission--rowing fellow slaves across the river to freedom. Lewis cloaks the escapees in dark hues to emphasize the danger in this story of hope inspired by the WPA's Slave Narrative Collection.
Reviewer: Christina Dorr

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