Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levine, Ellen
Other Authors:	Nelson, Kadir (Illustrator)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic Press, [2007]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:	Brown, Henry Box, > 1815 or 1816- > Juvenile fiction. Slavery > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Underground Railroad > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:	Juvenile fiction.
Physical Description:	40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Format:	Book

Description
Summary:	A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
Call Number:	Levine FC
Audience:	AD380L Lexile
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
Bibliography Note:	Includes bibliographical references (colophon).
ISBN:	9780439777339 (reinforced) 043977733X (reinforced)
Reading Program:	Accelerated Reader LG 3.0 0.5 0.5 113369