The Secret to Freedom

by Marcia K. Vaughan

Book Overview

In the days before the Civil War, a young enslaved girl and her older brother help slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad quilt code.Lucy is just a young girl when her parents are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584300213
• ISBN13: 9781584300212
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

It's up to the siblings to help slaves escape to freedom

Set in the years before the Civil War is this story of Lucy and her brother, whose parents have been sold as slaves. It's up to the siblings to help slaves escape to freedom using a 'quilt code' by the Underground Railroad: when he brother escapes as well, Lucy wonders if their family will ever unite. Good reading skills will lend to an appreciation of this pre-war saga.