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082 _aFic C941 2007
100 1 _aCurtis, Christopher Paul.
245 1 0 _aElijah of Buxton /
_cby Christopher Paul Curtis.
260 _aNew York :
_bScholastic Press,
_cc2007.
300 _a341 p. ;
_c22 cm.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
520 _aIn 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.
526 _aFICTION
_d326
650 1 _aFreedom--Fiction.
650 1 _aSlavery--Fiction.
650 1 _aBlack people--Fiction.
650 1 _aNorth Buxton (Ont.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
650 1 _aCanada--History--1763-1867--Fiction.
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