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Elijah of Buxton  Cover Image Book Book

Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780439936477 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780439023443 (trade bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0439023440 (trade bdg.)
  • ISBN: 9780439936477 (hc)
  • ISBN: 9780439936477 (Canadian ed.) :
  • ISBN: 0439023459 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0439936470 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780439936477 (Canadian ed.)
  • ISBN: 9780439023450 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0439023459 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 341 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press ; 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Novel.
Subject: Fugitive slaves > Ontario > Juvenile fiction.
Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Canada > Fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Freedom > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) > Fiction.
Canada > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Smithers Public Library J CUR (Text) 35101001022131 Children's room Volume hold Available -
Taylor Public Library YPB CUR (Text) 35156000036193 TPL - Young Adult Volume hold Available -
Tumbler Ridge Public Library JF CUR (Text) TRL052651 Junior Fiction Volume hold Available -
Tumbler Ridge Public Library JF CUR (Text) TRL56574 Junior Fiction Available -

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