Night Boat to Freedom
Night Boat to Freedom
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Night Boat to Freedom

Written by Margot Theis Raven & illustrated by E. B. Lewis
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$10.99
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6 - 9
Reading age
40
Page count
42
Words per page
780L
Lexile measure
Dec 23, 2008
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What scares the head is best done with the heart. When Granny Judith asks twelve-year-old Christmas John to row Molly across the river from Kentucky to the Free State of Ohio, he’s terrified. But Granny Judith reassures him. So Christmas John begins the first of many dangerous journeys. And each passing day brings hope that Granny and John can find their own freedom, just across the river. Night Boat to Freedom is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children’s Book of the Year.

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historyHalloween19th centurymultigenerationalfamilythe Underground Railroadslavery1800-1849

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780312550189
    Publication Date
    December 23, 2008
    Publisher
    Square Fish
    Page Count
    40
    Words Per Page
    42
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    6 - 9 years
    Lexile® Level
    780L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~S
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.1
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    0.5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    110259
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    LG

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