A True Story from the Underground Railroad
by Ellen Levine
appears in Civil War, Historical Fiction, and Children's.
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Awardwinning author and a Coretta Scott King Awardwinning 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 fam...
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appears in Civil War, Historical Fiction, and Children's.
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Consider 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Recommended by 4 sources.
“Starts as a lean, suspenseful time-travel premise that quickly settles into an immersive, character-focused saga. Its chief useful part is the way everyday 1960s small-town life and personal relationships make the historical stakes feel immediate; the novel rewards readers who relish atmosphere and slow moral puzzles. The main limitation is length and digressions—long domestic passages and episodic subplots stretch the middle and can undercut urgency for readers who wanted a tighter thriller.”
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