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This time the mysterious box that Ranger the Golden retriever found transports him to a Maryland plantation before the Civil War, where he must help a young house slave named Sarah and her younger brother Jesse find their way to the underground railroad and North to freedom, before Jesse is sold to a plantation further South.Tags
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{My thoughts} – Sarah and Jesse are both slaves. Their mom passed away and their dad ran away in hopes of getting North and buying their freedom.
One day Sarah overhears that their Master is going to sell Jesse. She isn’t okay with this and knows that he wouldn’t survive down South as a worker in the cotton fields. He had a wonderful talent with animals but in a field is an altogether different story.
She decides to take things into her own hands. She gets together a bag and finds her brother and together they go on the run. Right before they are able to leave the plantation Ranger finds them.
He sticks with them, protects them, keeps them safe. They go on a long journey that causes them to run, hide, look over their shoulders and show more hope to not be caught.
Eventually they get somewhere semi safe, but soon a new law is passed. That law makes it so they aren’t safe anymore and they end up on the move to find safety again. This time they are headed to Canada with a lot of help on their side.
If your interested in their story and learning how it ends, this book is perfect! I really enjoyed reading through it and learning about what Sarah and Jesse had gone through. It’s true to what might have happened to any runaway slaves in that time period. show less
One day Sarah overhears that their Master is going to sell Jesse. She isn’t okay with this and knows that he wouldn’t survive down South as a worker in the cotton fields. He had a wonderful talent with animals but in a field is an altogether different story.
She decides to take things into her own hands. She gets together a bag and finds her brother and together they go on the run. Right before they are able to leave the plantation Ranger finds them.
He sticks with them, protects them, keeps them safe. They go on a long journey that causes them to run, hide, look over their shoulders and show more hope to not be caught.
Eventually they get somewhere semi safe, but soon a new law is passed. That law makes it so they aren’t safe anymore and they end up on the move to find safety again. This time they are headed to Canada with a lot of help on their side.
If your interested in their story and learning how it ends, this book is perfect! I really enjoyed reading through it and learning about what Sarah and Jesse had gone through. It’s true to what might have happened to any runaway slaves in that time period. show less
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Kate Messner is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books for kids, including Capture the Flag, Over and Under the Snow, the Marty McGuire series, the Ranger in Time series (2(115), Wake Up Missing, and All the Answers (2015). Kate published Real Revision, her first professional development title, with Stenhouse in 2011. A former show more middle school English teacher, Kate earned National Board Certification in 2006 and is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences for teachers, librarians, and writers. Kate lives with her family on Lake Champlain, where she loves cross-country skiing, swimming, hiking, and reading. Follow her at @KateMessner on Twitter and visit her website at www.katemessner.com. show less
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