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Elijah of Buxton  Cover Image Book Book

Elijah of Buxton / Christopher Paul Curtis.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780439023443 (trade bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0439023440 (trade bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0439023459 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780439023450 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 341 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 2007.

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Summary, etc.:
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.
Target Audience Note:
3-6 Follett Library Resources
5.6 Follett Library Resources
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor Book, 2008.
Coretta Scott King Book Award Winner, Author, 2008.
Subject: Liberty > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Freedom > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
Blacks > Canada > Fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) > Fiction.
Canada > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 65 of 66 copies available at Bibliomation.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 66 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Babcock Library - Ashford J Cur (Text) 33110143432399 Newbery Award Winner Available -
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted YA CURTIS (Text) 33750000070163 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton J FIC Cur (Text) 33160108961460 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Bethel Public Library J CURTIS (Text) 34030105171547 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport J CURTIS (Text) 34000074859471 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry JF CUR (Text) 33260000024019 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Brookfield Library J F/CURTIS (Text) 34029110703245 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport J CURTIS (Text) 34000074859646 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport J CURTIS (Text) 34000075204610 Juvenile Fiction Available -
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown J FIC CURTIS (Text) 34014104090023 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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