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Steal away / Jennifer Armstrong.

Summary:
In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls. Susannah, who hates slavery, is given a slave when she moves to Virginia to live with her uncle and his family. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. Two unhappy 13-year-old girls -- one a slave, the other a white orphan -- disguise themselves as boys & run away. Bowker Authored Title code. Susannah, who hates slavery, is given a slave when she moves to Virginia to live with her uncle & his family.
In 1855 two thirteen-year-old girls, one white and one black, run away from a southern farm and make the difficult journey north to freedom, living to recount their story forty-one years later to two similar young girls.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0590469215
  • Physical Description: 206 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 1993.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"An Apple paperback."
Cover title: Steal away--to freedom.
Target Audience Note:
690L Lexile
009-012.
5.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 6 6 7860
Subject: Grandmothers > Fiction.
Underground Railroad > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
Slavery > United States > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Underground Railroad > Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Runaway teenagers > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Altoona Area Public Library JF ARM (Text) 33240002626052 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Dalton Community Library JF AR (Text) 50689000110865 Juv Fiction Available -
Ellwood City Area Public Library JF Armstrong (Text) 32102000281861 ECAM Junior Fiction Available -
Orwigsburg Area Free Public Library PB J Arm (Text) 3OAPL00018106D Juvenile Fiction Available -
York Academy Regional Charter School- Lower School Kids ARM Fiction (Text) 33454004731188 York Academy Charter School Available -


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