GOFF-CLARK, MARGARET FREEDOM CROSSING
When Laura Eastman comes home from a vacation with relatives in the South, her loyalties are challenged by abolitionist ideals. Her own father and brother are helping runaway slaves escape. Will Laura help them?.
When Laura Eastman comes home from a vacation with relatives in the South, her loyalties are challenged by abolitionist ideals. Her own father and brother are helping runaway slaves escape. Will Laura help them?.
RL 6.3, GRL R
HAMILTON, VIRGINA THE HOUSE OF DIES DREAR 
A black family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
RL 5.9, GRL V
A black family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
RL 5.9, GRL V
SCWARTZ, VIRGINIA FRANCES IF I JUST HAD TWO WINGS
Thirteen-year-old Phoebe dreams of a life different than the one she knows working as a slave on a plantation. After she is introduced to Liney, a strong, young mother who picks cotton next to her, they run away in search of the Underground Railroad.
Thirteen-year-old Phoebe dreams of a life different than the one she knows working as a slave on a plantation. After she is introduced to Liney, a strong, young mother who picks cotton next to her, they run away in search of the Underground Railroad.
RL 4.1 GRL T
SMUCKER, BARBARA UNDERGROUND TO CANADA 
'There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around called Canada. The law don't allow no slavery there. They say you follow the North Star, and when you step onto this land you are free ...' Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day she spends huddled in the trader's cart travelling south, or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach some day. So when workers from the 'underground railway' offer to help the two girls, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...
'There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around called Canada. The law don't allow no slavery there. They say you follow the North Star, and when you step onto this land you are free ...' Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day she spends huddled in the trader's cart travelling south, or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach some day. So when workers from the 'underground railway' offer to help the two girls, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...
RL 5.0
WOODS, BRENDA MY NAME IS SALLY LITTLE SONG
Sally Harrison and her family are slaves on a plantation in Georgia. But when Master decides to sell Sally and her brother, the family escapes to seek shelter with a tribe of Seminoles who are rumored to adopt runaway slaves. After a perilous journey, Sally's family finds and joins the tribe. But while her father and brother easily adjust to Indian ways, Sally can't seem to find her place.
Sally Harrison and her family are slaves on a plantation in Georgia. But when Master decides to sell Sally and her brother, the family escapes to seek shelter with a tribe of Seminoles who are rumored to adopt runaway slaves. After a perilous journey, Sally's family finds and joins the tribe. But while her father and brother easily adjust to Indian ways, Sally can't seem to find her place.
RL 4.5, GRL S
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