The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad (I Can Read Level 3) - Softcover

Monjo, F. N.

 
9780064440424: The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad (I Can Read Level 3)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0064440427 ISBN 13: 9780064440424
Verlag: HarperCollins, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

This Level 3 I Can Read book is a captivating first-person historical fiction account of the Underground Railroad, narrated by Tommy, a ten year-old Quaker boy,. With beautiful, simple prose that folds in historical facts about slavery and the Civil War, this book makes this important period of American history accessible to beginning readers. Includes an afterword from the author F.N. Monjo that explains the historical context of the Fugitive Slave Law.

Supports the Common Core Learning Standards

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The late F. N. Monjo, author of The Drinking Gourd, wrote two other popular I Can Read Books: Indian Summer, illustrated by Anita Lobel, and The One Bad Thing About Father, illustrated by Rocco Negri.

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The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party -- or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

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Follow the drinking gourd..... The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party - or Will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

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Verlag
HarperCollins
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0064440427
ISBN 13 
9780064440424
Einband
Taschenbuch
Zeichner
Brenner Fred
Anzahl der Seiten
64
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Vorgestellte Ausgabe

ISBN 10:  0060243295 ISBN 13:  9780060243296
Verlag: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1993
Hardcover