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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground RailroadA stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award winning artist. Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 01/01/2007
ISBN: 9780439777339
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.40d
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: West Virginia Children's Book Award - Second Place
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2006 pg. 1223
Publishers Weekly 01/01/2007 pg. 49
Booklist 02/01/2007 pg. 59
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2007 pg. 32
School Library Journal 03/01/2007 pg. 176
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2007 pg. 186
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 308 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2008 pg. 16

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 113369 / Henry's Freedom Box
Reading Level: 3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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