Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
by Levine, Ellen; Nelson, Kadir [ill.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: [40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 043977733X.Other title: Subtitle on cover: True story from the Underground Railroad.Subject(s): Brown, Henry Box, b. 1816 -- Fiction | Slavery -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Underground railroad -- Fiction | Historical fictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: [E] Awards: Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2008Summary: A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Wilson's Children, October 2007
School Library Journal, March 2007
Book Links (A.L.A.), November 2007
Booklist starred, February 2007
Horn Book Starred, October 2007
Publisher's Weekly, January 2007
Kirkus Starred, December 2006
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2007
Library Media Connection, August 2007
A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
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Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.0 0.5 113369
Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2008
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