01506cam a2200397 4500 357718022 TxAuBib 070316s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007005181 9780439023443 trade bdg. 0439023440 trade bdg. 9780439023450 alk. paper 0439023459 alk. paper (OCoLC)86090238 DLC DLC BKX TxAuBib Curtis, Christopher Paul. Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007. 341 p. ; 22 cm. 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. 4-7. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.4 12.0 117751. Coretta Scott King Award, 2008. Parents' Choice Award (Fall), 2007. Liberty. Slavery. Blacks. Blacks. Juvenile fiction. Freedom. North Buxton (Ont.) Canada. Canada. Juvenile fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007005181.html QS7