| Authors: |
Chevalier, Tracy
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Ohio -- History -- 1787-1865 -- Fiction.
Quakers -- Fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Ohio -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Dutton, c2013. |
| Description: |
305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780525952992 0525952993 |
| Notes: |
Also available as a RENTAL BOOK. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Tags |
historical fiction, quakers, slavery, staff picks, underground railroad |
| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
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"All God's children deserve freedom" Honor Bright thought. by LibrarySquare |
| Experience the underground railroad in 1850’s Ohio through the eyes of Honor Bright, a shy, clever Quaker quilt maker. Honor is a newly arrived immigrant, who lost her sister to yellow fever after a seasick crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Hat maker, Belle, shelters Honor by giving her sewing work while she grieves for her sister. Here, she learns about slave hunters, those running the underground railroad, and the risks and potential consequences for those helping the slaves. Honor begins helping runaways, despite her husband’s warnings. Torn between her religious beliefs and the letter of the law, she finds living with her husband’s family nearly impossible. How does she live out her beliefs of opposing slavery and freedom for all God’s children?
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| Summary: |
Forced to leave England and struggling with illness in the wake of a family tragedy, Quaker Honor Bright is forced to rely on strangers in the harsh landscape of 1850 Ohio and is compelled to join the Underground Railroad network to help runaway slaves escape to freedom. |