Elijah of Buxton
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Title: Elijah of Buxton
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Genre: Chapter book
Subgenre: Historical Fiction
Theme: Determination, Slavery
Primary Characters & Secondary Characters: Elijah, Elijah’s Parents
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award 2008
Date of Publication: 2007
Publishing Company: Scholastic
Summary: This book tells the story of Fredrick Douglas’ son. He was the first born child in a free land in Canada. The family lived in a town of runaway slaves from the south. However, after someone steals money from Elijah’s friend that was going to be used to buy his family out of slavery, Elijah returns to the United States in search for the thief. He witnesses the life that his mother and father ran away from and must have the strength and courage to make it back to Buxton.
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