Elijah of Buxton
By Christopher Paul Curtis
(Scholastic Press, Hardcover, 9780439023443, 352pp.)
Publication Date: September 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, , Hardcover
Categories: Historical - Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Historical - United States - 19th Century, People & Places - United States - African-American
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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. He’s best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change 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 he 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.
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