Elijah of Buxton
Record details
- ISBN: 9780739364161 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0739364162 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
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electronic resource
remote - Publisher: New York : Listening Library, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 8:58:28. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Mirron Willis. |
System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 128972 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Genre: | DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOK. Audiobooks. |
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Summary:
Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis provides a child's perspective on the horrors of slavery and the importance of freedom. Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He's best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled--a life from which he'll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home. Bonus Feature: Christopher Paul Curtis reads the author's note.