Night boat to freedom / Margot Theis Raven ; pictures by E. B. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raven, Margot Theis.

Contributor:

Lewis, E. B. (Earl Bradley), 1956- illustrator.

Grzeslo, Barbara, designer.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fugitive slaves--Juvenile fiction.

Fugitive slaves.

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.

Slavery.

Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.

Underground Railroad.

Kentucky--History--1792-1865--Juvenile fiction.

Kentucky.

Ohio--History--1787-1865--Juvenile fiction.

Ohio.

African American--Juvenile fiction.

African American.

Fugitive slaves--Fiction.

Slavery--Fiction.

Underground Railroad--Fiction.

Kentucky--History--1792-1865--Fiction.

Ohio--History--1787-1865--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[40] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Edition:

[1st Square Fish Edition]

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Square Fish [an imprint of Macmillan, 2009].

Summary:

At the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Hio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.

Notes:

Originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

"Designed by Barbara Grzeslo."

"Square Fish logo designed by Filomena Tuosto."

"First Square Fish Edition: January 2009."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

9780312550189 :

0312550189

OCLC:

1122544327