Elijah Of Buxton

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Title

Elijah Of Buxton

Creator

Paul, Christopher (author)

Description

The book follows Elijah Freeman, an 11 year old boy from Buxton, Ontario, a settlement of escaped slaves. After Elijah's friend is robbed of the money he was saving to buy his family out of captivity, Elijah journeys to the US in pursuit of the culprit and sees firsthand the life his family ran from.

Publisher

Scholastic Inc.

Date

2009

Coverage

New York, New York, United States (publisher)

Format

Print book, (paperback), 368 pages, 7.55 x 5.27 x 0.87 in

Type

Book

Language

language: English

Source

Curtis, Christopher Paul. “Elijah of Buxton.”Scholastic Canada, https://www.scholastic.ca/books/view/elijah-of-buxton. Accessed on 28 February, 2022.

Nathan Piggott (cataloguer, 2022).

Identifier

ISBN 9780439023450

Book Item Type Metadata

Original Format of Book

middle grade book (ages 8-12)

Character Type

human (primary character)
human (secondary characters)

Race/Ethnicity

Black/African (primary character)
Black/African (secondary characters)

Gender Identity

boy/man (primary character)
girl/woman (secondary characters)

Sexuality

unspecified sexuality (primary character)
unspecified sexuality (secondary characters)

Citation

Paul, Christopher (author), “Elijah Of Buxton,” Windows and Mirrors: Diversity in Books for Young Readers, accessed November 14, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/windowsandmirrors/items/show/304.

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Item Relations

This Item is a work written by Item: Curtis, Christopher, Paul (author)
This Item is a work found at Item: Indigo - Innes