Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis\'s debut middle-grade/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice.
He\'s best known for having made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass, but that changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah\'s friend, who h.
Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit.
Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis\'s debut middle-grade/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice