Genres
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2006), Edition: First edition, first printing (full number line), 40 pages
Description
At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.
Subjects
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2010)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-2 — 2008)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2007)
Skipping Stones Honor Award (2007)
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0374312664 / 9780374312664
DDC/MDS
| 973.7115 |