Crooked River (25 page)

Also by Shelley Pearsall
Trouble Don't Last

Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he's ever known—until one dark night in 1859. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed. And, together, they run.

The journey north seems much more frightening than Master Hackler ever was, and Samuel is not sure what freedom means aside from running, hiding, and starving. But as they move from one refuge to the next on the Underground Railroad, Samuel uncovers the startling secret of his own past—and future.

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
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Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth Selection
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Top 10 First Novel for Youth
A Bank Street College of Education
Best Children's Book of the Year
A Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Honor Book

Winner of the Ohioana Book Award

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Copyright © 2005 by Shelley Pearsall

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