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Award Winner
Awards Winning
2008 | Coretta Scott King Award
2008 | Great Lakes Book Awards
2008 | Michigan Notable Books
2008 | Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction
2007 | Parents Choice Award
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About the Book

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. 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 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.

About the Author :
Christopher Paul Curtis was awarded both a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his debut book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963, and won the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award for his second book, Bud, Not Buddy. Mr. Curtis is also the author of the Golden Kite Award-winning Bucking the Sarge, as well as Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Mr. Chickee's Messy Mission, and the Newbery Honor book Elijah of Buxton.

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"As in his previous novels, Curtis is a master at balancing the serious and the lighthearted... His latest book is another natural award candidate and makes an excellent case, in a story positively brimming with both truth and sense, for the ability of historical fiction to bring history to life." -- New York Times Book Review"Here's a pre-Civil War history lesson wrapped in an adventure story." -- USA Today"Curtis has created a vivid setting that is easy to imagine. When the action begins, you'll want to race through the pages." -- The Washington Post* "This is Curtis's best novel yet, and no doubt many readers, young and old, will finish and say, 'This is one of the best books I have ever read.'" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Many readers drawn to the book by humor will find themselves, at times, on the edges of their seats in suspense and, at others, moved to tears. A fine, original novel from a gifted storyteller." -- Booklist, starred review* "This arresting, surprising novel of reluctant heroism is about nothing less than nobility." -- The Horn Book, starred review* "Curtis's talent for dealing with painful periods of history with grace and sensitivity is as strong as ever." -- School Library Journal, starred review"Elijah of Buxton is sure to become a classic -- for readers of all ages." -- BookPage"The Newbery Medal judges should just go ahead and put Christopher Paul Curtis on speed dial." -- The Christian Science Monitor"Curtis is a genius storyteller..." -- Detroit Free Press


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780439023443
  • Publisher: Scholastic US
  • Publisher Imprint: Scholastic US
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 0439023440
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 352


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