Elijah of Buxton

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Label

Elijah of Buxton

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Paul Curtis

Creator

• trueCurtis, Christopher Paul

Author

• trueCurtis, Christopher Paul

Subject

• trueRobbery
• trueRescues
• truePreteen boys
• trueOntario
• trueAfrican American boys
• trueAfrican Americans
• trueAmerican people
• trueBlack Canadian children
• trueBlack Canadians
• Blacks -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCanada -- History -- 1763-1867
• Canada -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCanadian people
• trueClergy
• Coretta Scott King Award -- Juvenile fiction
• trueEleven-year-old boys
• trueFreed people
• trueFreedom
• Historical fiction
• Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
• trueNorth American people
• trueNorth Buxton, Ontario
• North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction
• Social problem fiction
• Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSlavery

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Social problem fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueFunny
• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueConversational
• trueSlang-heavy

Character

• trueCulturally diverse
• trueBlack

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2008
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2007
• Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, 2008.
• Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2008.
• Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, 2008.
• Great Lakes Book Awards, Children's category, 2008.
• Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2008.
• TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2008.
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2007.

Awards note

• Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2008.
• Newbery Honor Award, 2008.

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.C94137

LC item number

El 2007

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 8

Target audience

pre adolescent