Library's review
The year is 1901 and friends Benjie, the grandson of runaway slaves, and Red, the grandson of Irish immigrants, tell their story in alternating chapters. A companion book for Curtis’s Elijah of Buxton.
Genres
Publication
Scholastic Press (2014), 384 pages
Description
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
Awards
A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Fiction — 2014)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Nominee — 2016)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2015)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2017)
Silver Birch Fiction Award (Nominee — Fiction — 2015)
Mind the Gap Awards (2015)
Charlotte Huck Award (Recommended Book — 2015)
Rocky Mountain Book Award (Nominee — 2016)
CCBC Choices (2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2014)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
384
Physical description
384 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0545156645 / 9780545156646
DDC/MDS
| 813.54 |