Curtis, Christopher Paul

Elijah of Buxton / by Christopher Paul Curtis. - New York : Scholastic, c2007. - 341 p.

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.

ISBN: 9780439936477 (hc) ;

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Freedom--Fiction
Slavery--Fiction
Blacks--Fiction--Canada

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Canada--History--1763-1867