Book Detail
Trouble Don't Last |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Pearsall, Shelley | Illustrator: |
| Title: Trouble Don't Last | Date: 2002 |
| Publisher: Knopf | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 0-375-81490-6 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): historical fiction | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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| This is the story of 11-year-old Samuel and "cranky old Harrison," who leave the Kentucky farm where they are slaves and head north to freedom, encountering non-stereotypical members of trhe Underground Railroad. The author is the historian at Hale Farm and Village in NE Ohio. | |
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| This engaging book will breathe life into the study of the Underground Railroad or slavery. Students can trace the journey on maps. They can consider the characteristics and motives of the many people who assisted Samuel and Harrison. Readers will want to consider Samuel's suspicion of freedom. | |
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