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Product Description: Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War. Samuel takes the blame for Joshua's latest prank, and the consequence is worse than he could ever imagine...read more

Hardcover:

9780545855228 | David Fickling Books, January 5, 2016, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Well-mannered Samuel and his mischievous younger brother Joshua are free black boys living in an orphanage during the end of the Civil War.

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Product Description: Thrilling high adventure and heart-stopping romance combine in the second book in the Tales of the Kingdom series from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, set two generations after The Tale of Gwyn.Birle has agreed to be wed to the huntsman Muir as an escape from the drudgery of life at her father’s inn—but the moment she looks into the bellflower-blue eyes of the man she comes upon stealing one of her father’s boats, Birle knows she cannot marry Muir...read more

Paperback:

9781481422048 | Reprint edition (Atheneum, May 26, 2015), cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Thrilling high adventure and heart-stopping romance combine in the second book in the Tales of the Kingdom series from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, set two generations after The Tale of Gwyn.

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Product Description: Thrilling high adventure and heart-stopping romance combine in the second book in the Tales of the Kingdom series from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, set two generations after The Tale of Gwyn.Birle has agreed to be wed to the huntsman Muir as an escape from the drudgery of life at her father’s inn—but the moment she looks into the bellflower-blue eyes of the man she comes upon stealing one of her father’s boats, Birle knows she cannot marry Muir...read more

Hardcover:

9781442483569 | Reissue edition (Atheneum, May 26, 2015), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Thrilling high adventure and heart-stopping romance combine in the second book in the Tales of the Kingdom series from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, set two generations after The Tale of Gwyn.

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By Mike Benny (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781585368860 | Sleeping Bear Pr, September 1, 2013, cover price $6.99

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By Robert Squier (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781404877146 | Picture Window Books, August 1, 2012, cover price $7.95

Library:

9781404873759 | Picture Window Books, August 1, 2012, cover price $25.99

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Hardcover:

9781416905851 | Atheneum, October 21, 2008, cover price $17.99

Paperback:

9781416905868, titled "Chains: Seeds of America" | 1 edition (Atheneum, January 5, 2010), cover price $8.99 | also contains Chains, Chains

Product Description: An action-packed tale of honor, glory, and epic battles in ancient Greece.Lysander, a young Helot slave, knows little about the mysterious pendant he wears around his neck except its name—the Fire of Ares. But when the pendant is stolen, he must fight to retrieve it and fulfill its powerful destiny before it is too late...read more

Paperback:

9780802798275 | Reprint edition (Walker & Co, March 3, 2009), cover price $7.99

Prebinding:

9781439597910 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: An action-packed tale of honor, glory, and epic battles in ancient Greece.

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Product Description: Now in paperback!   In Grassland the only hope of freedom is to go beyond the reach of sinister, silent masters, and the only family you know are your fellow captives. Coriko has never known a world beyond his cell and the fields where he toils all day...read more

Hardcover:

9780810994775 | Harry N Abrams Inc, April 1, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Six young friends, tortured by the Spears and forced to work as slaves in the harsh fields of Grassland, vow to escape to find the freedom that was stolen from them long ago, and their opportunity arises when Outsiders come and wage war against the Spears.

Paperback:

9780810979901 | Harry N Abrams Inc, March 1, 2009, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Now in paperback!

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In 1859, Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, uses his wits to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was supposed to buy a family's freedom.

Hardcover:

9781410405807 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, April 2, 2008), cover price $23.95
9780439023443 | Scholastic Pr, September 1, 2007, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

Paperback:

9780439023450 | Scholastic Paperbacks, February 1, 2009, cover price $7.99

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739367193 | Unabridged edition (Listening Library, March 25, 2008), cover price $50.00

Prebinding:

9780606074933 | Turtleback Books, February 1, 2009, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an African slave in the seventeenth-century Caribbean city of Cartagena, works as a translator for a Jesuit priest who tends to newly-arrived slaves and, after working for a Jewish doctor in a leper colony and helping an Angolan boy and his mother escape, he realizes his true calling.
By Tom Pohrt (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781416941026 | Simon & Schuster, July 29, 2008, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an African slave in the seventeenth-century Caribbean city of Cartagena, works as a translator for a Jesuit priest who tends to newly-arrived slaves and, after working for a Jewish doctor in a leper colony and helping an Angolan boy and his mother escape, he realizes his true calling.

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When slaves rebel in ancient Sparta, twelve-year-old Lysander, guarded by an heirloom amulet, the Fire of Ares, is caught between the Spartan ruling class, with whom he has been training as a warrior since his noble heritage was revealed, and those amongwhom he was recently laboring as a slave.

Hardcover:

9780802797445 | Walker & Co, February 19, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When slaves rebel in ancient Sparta, twelve-year-old Lysander, guarded by an heirloom amulet, the Fire of Ares, is caught between the Spartan ruling class, with whom he has been training as a warrior since his noble heritage was revealed, and those amongwhom he was recently laboring as a slave.

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Priscilla, a slave girl who plants hollyhocks wherever she goes in memory of her mother--and in hopes of a better life, finally gets a chance at freedom when she is forced to march along the Trail of Tears.
By Anna Alter (illustrator)

School and Library:

9781570916755 | New edition (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, February 1, 2008), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Priscilla, a slave girl who plants hollyhocks wherever she goes in memory of her mother--and in hopes of a better life, finally gets a chance at freedom when she is forced to march along the Trail of Tears.

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Inspired by the true story of a young runaway slave in the early 1800s, James leaves his master's farm and his beloved dog to make a run to freedom in the dark of night, but when he is captured along the way, James is grateful when his loyal dog comes out of the shadows to rescue him.
By Elisa Lynn Carbone and Earl B. Lewis (illustrator)

Library:

9780375922473 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 8, 2008, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A runaway slave makes a daring escape to freedom with the help of his faithful hunting dog, Zeus.

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Inspired by the true story of a young runaway slave in the early 1800s, James leaves his master's farm and his beloved dog to make a run to freedom in the dark of night, but when he is captured along the way, James is grateful when his loyal dog comes out of the shadows to rescue him.

Hardcover:

9780375822476 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 8, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A runaway slave makes a daring escape to freedom with the help of his faithful hunting dog, Zeus.

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Learning that slaves are coming to the hotel looking for help to get north, Charlotte considers taking the risk, but with her friend and fellow slave Stephen content in giving guides at Mammoth Cave, she knows she will have to leave him forever if she chooses to seek the freedom she desperately desires so many miles away.

School and Library:

9780374372439 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 16, 2007, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: In 1839, Charlotte Brown is sold north to Kentucky, where she becomes a maid at Mammoth Cave Hotel, falls in love with one of the tour guides there, and gets involved in the Underground Railroad.

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Stolen away by the Vikings after they raided her village, Hekja is forced to live under the rule of a frightening new mistress, but as time passes and she becomes accepted into the clan, Hekja's new life becomes one of great adventure as she sets sail with her new people to Iceland, Greenland, and other magical places in distant parts of the world.

Hardcover:

9780060850784 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, March 1, 2007, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Captured by Vikings, young Hekja is taken as a slave to Greenland by the daughter of Erik the Red, and accompanied by no one from her homeland but her loyal dog, shares adventures with her new mistress, who is determined to make a name for herself as herfather and brother have.

Library:

9780060850791 | Harpercollins, March 1, 2007, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Captured by Vikings, young Hekja is taken as a slave to Greenland by the daughter of Erik the Red, and accompanied by no one from her homeland but her loyal dog, shares adventures with her new mistress, who is determined to make a name for herself as herfather and brother have.

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Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African-American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780763636791 | Reprint edition (Candlewick Pr, January 22, 2008), cover price $10.99 | About this edition: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African-American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739338629 | Unabridged edition (Listening Library, January 9, 2007), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

School and Library:

9780763624026 | Candlewick Pr, September 12, 2006, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

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When his family is sold during the era of slavery, a determined young boy who dreams of freedom ships himself in a wooden box to a place up north in the hopes of living the life he always wanted, in an inspiring story about one of the Underground Railroad's most amazing escapes.
By Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780439777339 | Scholastic Pr, January 1, 2007, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: 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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After Abigail discovers that her parents have been hiding runaway slaves on their farm, she becomes involved with helping a young slave girl escape to reunite with her mother.

Paperback:

9781572493797 | White Mane Pub, June 30, 2006, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: After Abigail discovers that her parents have been hiding runaway slaves on their farm, she becomes involved with helping a young slave girl escape to reunite with her mother.

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Laylie Colbert is a young slave with a deep christian faith, which gives her the courage to attempt escape.

Hardcover:

9781928749356 | Zondervan, July 1, 2005, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Laylie Colbert is a young slave with a deep christian faith, which gives her the courage to attempt escape.

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In 80 A.D., ten-year-old Roman sleuth Flavia and her friends sail from Corinth to Rhodes to try to stop a mysterious man who is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery.

Hardcover:

9781842552537 | Orion Pub Co, March 17, 2005, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Spring AD 80.

Paperback:

9781842551387 | Orion Childrens Books, August 1, 2005, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: In 80 A.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780752868066 | Com/cdr ab edition (Orion Pub Co, April 1, 2005), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Spring AD 80.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780752868059 | Abridged edition (Orion Pub Co, April 7, 2005), cover price $17.80 | About this edition: The sailing season has begun.

School and Library:

9781596430822 | Roaring Brook, May 30, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In 80 A.

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