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Also by Christopher Paul Curtis:

The Madman of Piney Woods, October 2014
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Elijah of Buxton, August 2007
Hardcover
Bud, Not Buddy, September 2004
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ELIJAH OF BUXTON
By: Christopher Paul Curtis

Scholastic, Inc.
August 2007
On Sale: August 6, 2007
ISBN: 0439023440
EAN: 9780439023443
Hardcover
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Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah’s friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled—a life from which he’ll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home.

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