Title Martha and the slave catchers / Harriet Hyman Alonso ; illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon.

Publication Info.

New York : Seven Stories Press/Triangle Square, [2017].

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	J ALONSO	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J ALONSO	Check Shelf

Description	vii, 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Summary	When the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law passes, thirteen-year-old Martha, the daughter of abolitionists living in Connecticut, embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she travels south to save her kidnapped adopted brother Jake, the orphan of a runaway slave.
Note	Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Subject	Slavery -- Fiction.
	Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
	Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction.
	Abolitionists -- Juvenile fiction.
	Fugitive slaves -- Juvenile fiction.
	Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
	Multiracial people -- Fiction.
	Abolitionists -- Fiction.
	Fugitive slaves -- Fiction.
	Identity -- Fiction.
	United States -- History -- 1815-1861 -- Fiction.
	JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
	JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century.
	JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General.
	Abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00794478
	African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
	Fugitive slaves. (OCoLC)fst00935940
	Identity (Philosophical concept) (OCoLC)fst00966889
	Racially mixed people. (OCoLC)fst01086595
	Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Historical fiction.
Added Author	Zunon, Elizabeth, illustrator.
ISBN	9781609808006 (hardcover)
	1609808002 (hardcover)
	9781609808013 (ebook)
	1609808010

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