The Drinking Gourd (Rise and Shine) (I Can Read Level 3)

Type

Book

Authors

F.N. Monjo

ISBN 10

0064440427

ISBN 13

9780064440424

Tags

1800s, Beginner Readers, African-American, English as a Second Language

Description

The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the Underground Railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party—or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed? This Level 3 I Can Read book is a captivating first-person historical fiction account of the Underground Railroad, narrated by Tommy, a ten year-old Quaker boy,. With beautiful, simple prose that folds in historical facts about slavery and the Civil War, this book makes this important period of American history accessible to beginning readers. Includes an afterword from the author F.N. Monjo that explains the historical context of the Fugitive Slave Law. Supports the Common Core Learning Standards - from Amzon

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