Underground to Canada
Author: Barbara Smucker
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780143168591
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrade level: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, e, i, s.
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The Bite of the Mango
Author: Mariatu Kamara
Publisher: Annick Press
Published: 2008-09-12
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 155451214X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Heavily armed rebel soldiers, many no older than children themselves, attacked and tortured Mariatu. During this brutal act of senseless violence they cut off both her hands. Stumbling through the countryside, Mariatu miraculously survived. The sweet taste of a mango, her first food after the attack, reaffirmed her desire to live, but the challenge of clutching the fruit in her bloodied arms reinforced the grim new reality that stood before her. With no parents or living adult to support her and living in a refugee camp, she turned to begging in the streets of Freetown. As told to her by Mariatu, journalist Susan McClelland has written the heartbreaking true story of the brutal attack, its aftermath and Mariatu’s eventual arrival in Toronto where she began to pull together the pieces of her broken life with courage, astonishing resilience and hope.
The Underground Railroad
Author: L.D. Cross
Publisher: Lorimer
Published: 2010-12-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781552775813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSlavery existed throughout the western Hemisphere, but after its abolition in the British empire it persisted for decades in much of the U.S. Even in states where slavery was illegal, slaves were subject to capture and return to their owners. The only sure escape was to cross the border into Canada. The Underground Railway was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses, an organized escape route run by blacks and whites who opposed slavery and who helped black Americans find freedom in Canada. They arrived at points as far east as Nova Scotia and as far west as British Columbia, but the vast majority landed in southwestern Ontario. In this book L.D. Cross recounts the harrowing experiences of many including Harriet Tubman, a slave who escaped and later helped many others to do so and Alexander Ross a white doctor and ornithologist from London, Ontario who travelled many times to southern plantations to 'study birds' and to surreptitiously hand out information re the secret routes leading to freedom in the north.
Underground to Canada
Author: Barbara Claassen Smucker
Publisher: [London] : Puffin Books
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780140311228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave trader's wagon 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 someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...
Underground to Canada - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6
Author: Marie-Helen Goyetche
Publisher: Classroom Complete Press
Published: 2007-02-01
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 1553198786
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnderstand the importance of freedom and what lengths people will go to achieve it. Our comprehensive resource saves time with useful and detailed activities in a range of styles, from vocabulary, multiple choice and short answer questions. Imagine what the story would be like if it was set today, and better understand the issues that would cause two girls to run away. Become familiar with Julilly and her family with true or false questions. Identify which character said the provided statements. Rewrite the story with a third child taken on the journey. Draw Julilly and Liza's journey on a map. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: A sensitive and dramatic story about a young girl's escape from slavery. Julilly is taken away from her mammy by a ruthless slave trader and is sold to the Riley Plantation. Sims oversees all the slaves and is very abusive toward them. If the slaves don’t produce, obey rules or try to run away, he will whip them as punishment. She longs for the day when her and her friend Liza are free and can live in peace. Julilly meets a young Canadian ornithologist named Alexander Ross who helps four slaves escape through the Underground Railroad north to Canada. Julilly, her friend Liza, Lester and Adam travel following the North Star to freedom.
Runaway to Freedom
Author: Barbara Claassen Smucker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1979-10-23
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 0064401065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.
Underground To Canada
Author: Barbara Smucker
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Published: 2008-06-03
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 0143178024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave trader’s wagon 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 someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them…
Underground to Canada
Author: Barbara Smucker
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages:
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo slave girls escape from a plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and steal toward Canada on the Underground Railroad.
Underground to Canada Lit Link Gr. 4-6
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Publisher: On The Mark Press
Published:
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ISBN-13: 1770722572
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Literature Kit for Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
Author: Marie-Helen Goyetche
Publisher: Classroom Complete Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781553193425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Literature Kit. A sensitive and dramatic story about a young girls escape from slavery. Julilly is taken away from her mammy by a ruthless slave trader and is sold to the Riley Plantation. Sims oversees all the slaves and is very abusive toward them. If the slaves dont produce, obey rules or try to run away, he will whip them as punishment. She longs for the day when her and her friend Liza are free and can live in peace. Julilly meets a young Canadian ornithologist named Alexander Ross that helps 4 slaves escape through the Underground Railroad north to Canada. Julilly, her new found friend Liza, Lester and Adam travel following the North Star to freedom.
