Status
Available
Publication
Roaring Brook Press (2011), Edition: 1, 32 pages
Library's review
"Powerfully expressive imagery will sweep young viewers into this suspenseful journey along the Underground Railroad. Accompanied by a commentary of, usually, just two or three words per spread, the scenes track a small group of escapees stealing through darkness beneath a thin crescent moon. They
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are seen running, crawling, resting tensely, taking brief shelter with “new friends,” then wearily keeping on until sunrise at last brings them to their goal: “I am free. He is free. She is free. We are free.” Underscoring the sense of fear and urgency with broad, slanted strokes of thinly applied paint, Evans limns his hunched, indistinct figures in dark lines and adds weight with scribbled fill and jagged bits of paper or cloth. His palette of midnight-dark blue lit only by the occasional yellow torch- or lantern light and white stars draws attention to the whites of the frightened escapees’ eyes and makes sunlit Freedom all the more precious when attained. Lengthier accounts of travel on the Underground Railroad abound, but few if any portray the experience with such compelling immediacy. (afterword) (Picture book. 5-9)" www.kirkusreviews.com, A Kirkus Starred Review Show Less
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award (Winner — 2012)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Primary — 2013)
CCBC Choices (2012)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine — 2012)
Great Reads from Great Places (Missouri — 2014)
Notable Children's Book (2012)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
1596435380 / 9781596435384
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