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Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad
Contributor(s): Brill, Marlene Targ (Author), Porter, Janice Lee (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0876146051     ISBN-13: 9780876146057
Publisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm)
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1993
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Annotation: Introduce young readers to history through the stories of both real and fictionalized people. By focusing on a single important episode that describes a historical event, these books engage readers' interests and imaginations. Written in a story format, each account relates events that really happened, often followed by a brief summary of the historical event to further explain the significance it had on history.
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
Dewey: 973.711
LCCN: 92025279
Age Level: 7-10
Grade Level: 2-5
Lexile Measure: 520
Physical Information: 0.13" H x 4.2" W x 8.52" L (0.23 lbs) 48 pages
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Booklist 07/01/1993 pg. 1979
School Library Journal 08/01/1993 pg. 156
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1993 - Recommended, Satisfactory
 
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Publisher Description:

Allen Jay's family farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Allen's parents give food and shelter to slaves escaping from the South. One day in 1842, Allen's father asks him to help a runaway slave. Is Allen brave enough? This exciting true story takes you along as Allen meets Henry James, an African American man struggling to find freedom.


Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Janice Lee: -

Janice Lee Porter was born and raised in Chicago. She has a BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from California State University, Chico. She is the illustrator of over two dozen children's books and is an art faculty member at Shasta College in Redding, California, where she teaches painting and drawing. She lives in Chico, California.

Brill, Marlene Targ: - Marlene is an award-winning author of almost 70 titles for readers preschool through adult. She began writing while teaching children with disabilities, producing materials to help her students learn. With time, the desire to write grew stronger. Soon she was writing for a variety of formats--magazines, internet, newspapers, scripts, books, and textbooks for readers of all ages. Yet, she never forgets where the dream of writing originated--through work with children. She is drawn back into classrooms to share the wonders of research and writing, and, of course, reading books.
 
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