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Dear Levi

2 total works

Cover of Dear Levi

Dear Levi

by Elvira Woodruff

Published 19 April 1994
In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California.  As he makes his way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing life on the rugged Overland Trail.  Extensively researched, with episodes based on true incidents, "the epistolary format and character development offer solid reading."--Booklist  

An IRA Teachers' Choice

Cover of Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
Now in paperback! In this companion novel to Dear Levi, told in letters,11-year-old Levi helps a young African American in a harrowing flight for freedom along the Underground Railroad.