Twelve-year-old Freedom, the son of a freed slave living in Delaware in the early 1850s, takes over his father's work in the Underground Railroad when his father disappears.
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Gr 4-7--Freedom Newcastle, 12, knows his father, Nehemiah, is a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He wants to be included in the clandestine activities, but is told over and over, ``ignorance'll keep you safe.'' Then, when the man is arrested by patrollers, Free must accept responsibility for leading a family of runaway slaves to safety and he realizes that he has romanticized Nehemiah's involvement. As he leads this family to the next station, he realizes how courageous his father is and grows to respect the abolitionists' commitment to freedom for all people. This is a fast-moving book with excellent characterization. The story is based on fact and will be useful to students studying the Civil War era.
Ann M. Burlingame, North Regional Library, Raleigh, NC
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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With the simultaneous sales of a YA and adult romantic suspense novel, Leslie Davis Guccione left public relations and fundraising copywriting to concentrate on fiction. Her thirty-one novels for adult, middle grade and teen readers & articles on the craft of writing have garnered awards, starred reviews and genre fiction best seller status.
Her work for adults began with two Avon romantic suspense titles. She moved to Harlequin/Silhouette & topped B. Dalton, Waldenbooks and other bookstore bestseller lists. Two have been "Man of the Month" lead titles and Bittersweet Harvest evolved into the six-book Branigan Brothers series. She was Harlequin/Silhouette's "Author of the Month" during the release of Borrowed Baby.
Her books have been translated into eight languages. She has been a finalist and judge for the RWA RITA awards. As Kate Chester she created and wrote the six book HEAR NO EVIL series for Scholastic. Six books for teen readers feature deaf protagonists; TELL ME HOW THE WIND SOUNDS has been optioned for television. Her works for young readers have been book club and readers' choice selections as well as classroom required reading. Two titles have been featured in Hornbook Magazine's "Musings" column.
In 2000 she took a break from fiction to teach, write articles on the craft and establish her manuscript review service. She is currently a mentor and adjunct faculty member for Seton Hill University's MFA program: Writing Popular Fiction. Professional memberships have included The Authors Guild, Romance Writes of America (RWA) and The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Her work for adults began with two Avon romantic suspense titles. She moved to Harlequin/Silhouette & topped B. Dalton, Waldenbooks and other bookstore bestseller lists. Two have been "Man of the Month" lead titles and Bittersweet Harvest evolved into the six-book Branigan Brothers series. She was Harlequin/Silhouette's "Author of the Month" during the release of Borrowed Baby.
Her books have been translated into eight languages. She has been a finalist and judge for the RWA RITA awards. As Kate Chester she created and wrote the six book HEAR NO EVIL series for Scholastic. Six books for teen readers feature deaf protagonists; TELL ME HOW THE WIND SOUNDS has been optioned for television. Her works for young readers have been book club and readers' choice selections as well as classroom required reading. Two titles have been featured in Hornbook Magazine's "Musings" column.
In 2000 she took a break from fiction to teach, write articles on the craft and establish her manuscript review service. She is currently a mentor and adjunct faculty member for Seton Hill University's MFA program: Writing Popular Fiction. Professional memberships have included The Authors Guild, Romance Writes of America (RWA) and The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This was an exciting and powerful story.,
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This review is from: Come Morning (Adventures in Time) (Hardcover)
I read this book before Mrs. Guccione came to visit my fifth grade class. I have read other books of this kind, but this was by far the best! Free and Liza show courage that many of us have never had to use and probably never will. I was very happy that white people in the story were helping the slaves, and not just free blacks. It was very well written especially since the author isn't black and didn't live during the Civil War time period. She had to imagine what Free, Liza, Pap, and the slaves felt. That is very hard to do, and she did it fantastically! I recommend this book to all kinds of readers. It's worth it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is long but rewarding,
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This review is from: Come Morning (Adventures in Time) (Paperback)
I'm [...]. I read this book and it is very exciting. I like the book because it is adventurous. I wasn't sure how it would end, and that kept me reading more. It's the longest book I've read and it has 120 pages. For kids, you should stop at the wagon wheel pictures in the middle of the chapters and review what you have read. There are some old fashioned words that are hard to understand, so you might have to ask a grown up or look it up in the dictionary.
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