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The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad
By F. N. Monjo, Patrick Collins (narrator) and Fred Brenner (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Live Oak Media
Publication date February 28, 2010
Pages 62
Binding Paperback
Edition Pap/com
Book category Easy Fiction
ISBN-13 9781430108108
ISBN-10 143010810X
Dimensions 0.25 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.45 lbs.
Original list price $19.95
Other format details juvenile
Summaries and Reviews
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The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?

This Level 3 I Can Read book is a captivating first-person historical fiction account of the Underground Railroad, narrated by Tommy, a ten year-old Quaker boy,. With beautiful, simple prose that folds in historical facts about slavery and the Civil War, this book makes this important period of American history accessible to beginning readers. Includes an afterword from the author F.N. Monjo that explains the historical context of the Fugitive Slave Law.

Supports the Common Core Learning Standards



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780060243296
 
Reissue edition from Harpercollins Childrens Books (January 1, 1993)
9780060243296 | details & prices | 62 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.95
About: When he is sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad
Paperback
Book cover for 9780064440424 Book cover for 9781430108108
 
The price comparison is for this edition
With Patrick Collins (other contributor) | Pap/com edition from Live Oak Media (February 28, 2010)
9781430108108 | details & prices | 62 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.45 lbs | List price $19.95
About: The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Reissue edition from Harpercollins Childrens Books (January 1, 1993)
9780064440424 | details & prices | 62 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.20 lbs | List price $3.99
About: Set in New England before the Civil War, this story describes the way in which Tommy Fuller and his father help a family of slaves escape
Library
Book cover for 9780060243302
 
from Fitzgerald Books (January 1, 2007); titled "Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad"
9781424205790 | details & prices | 62 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.85
About: The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Reissue edition from Harpercollins (January 1, 1993); titled "Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad"
9780060243302 | details & prices | 62 pages | 6.25 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.89
About: When he is sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad

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