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Bright Freedom's Song: A Story of the Underground Railroad

by Gloria Houston

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In the years before the Civil War, Bright discovers that her parents are providing a safehouse for the Underground Railroad and helps to save a runaway slave named Marcus.

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Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 2001)

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North Carolina Book Awards (Winner – Youth Literature – 1999)

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Genres: Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
LCC: PZ7 .H8184 .B — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
BISAC: JUV JUVENILE FICTION Historical United States 19th Century

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Languages: Dutch, English
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Published: 1998
Genres: Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
LCC: PZ7 .H8184 .B

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