The Underground Abductor: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5)

by Nathan Hale

Hardcover, 2022

Status

Available

Call number

306.362092

Series

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales (5)

Genres

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels and Comics

Comics

Publication

Harry N. Abrams (2022), 144 pages

Description

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Tubman spent the rest of her life helping slaves run away like she did, every time taking her life in her hands.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Ella.Kennen

Love, love, love this book. Author/illustrator Nathan Hale knows how to make history come to life in a compelling, entertaining, and slightly daunting way. This is the story of Harriet Tubman, someone who's exploits we are all so familiar with, you'd think it'd be hard to pull a new hook. But you'd

be wrong. My daughter devoured this book, then started reading it all over again. I had to find out what was so alluring about a detailed history, so I started reading it and ended up devouring it, too. Even the backmatter is memorable. I don't want to mention too much about the contents -- you'd be much better off enjoying Hale's rendition -- but I will say both my daughter and I learned a lot about Harriet Tubman and can't wait to read more Hazardous Tales. I will also add that this book is not necessarily for everyone -- while it doesn't sensationalize violence or gore, it doesn't shy away from it; and if you are the type of person that thinks educational products should not be entertaining, you are sure to disapprove.

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LibraryThing member jennybeast

This is some really excellent storytelling. Some really amazing history made accessible and really hard to put down. Turns out, there's a lot I didn't know about Harriet Tubman, and I'm even more astonished at the sheer extraordinariness of her life -- She's such a badass (sorry, kids) -- but her

unrelenting hard work and unflinching daring is pretty breathtaking. Wow, wow, wow.

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