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.
- ISBN13 9780439023450
- Publish Date 1 February 2009 (first published 29 August 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 December 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scholastic US
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English