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Elijah of Buxton / by Christopher Paul Curtis. |
| Authors: | Curtis, Christopher Paul. |
| Call number: | jLT FIC CUR |
| Publisher: | Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2008, c2007. |
| Publication date: | 2008, c2007. |
| Subject: |
Liberty -- Fiction.
Slavery -- Fiction. Blacks -- Canada -- Fiction. Large type books. Juvenile literature. North Buxton (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction. Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 -- Fiction. |
| Series title: | Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge |
| Title: | Elijah of Buxton / by Christopher Paul Curtis. |
| Edition: | Large print ed. |
| Physical description: | 395 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Summary note: | In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is 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. |
| ISBN: | 9781410405807 (hardcover : alk. paper) 141040580X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| LCCN: | 2007051736 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1191023 |
| Bib No.: | 1191023 |
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| Location | Collection | Call No. | Status |
| Central Library | Large Print, Children's | jLT FIC CUR | Item missing |
| Franklin Road Library | Large Print, Children's | jLT FIC CUR | Checked out |
| Haughville Library | Large Print, Children's | jLT FIC CUR | Checked In |