Elijah of Buxton by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2008)

BTSB #: P00424 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-13   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Freedom - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Blacks - Canada - Fiction North Buxton (Ont.) - History|y19th century - Fiction Canada - History|y1763-1867 - Fiction

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.

Madman of Piney Woods by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 253851 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.7 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 Lexile: 870 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Blacks - Canada - Fiction Irish - Canada - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Freedmen - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction North Buxton (Ont.) - History|y20th century - Fiction Chatham (Ont.) - History|y20th century - Fiction Canada - History|y1867-1914 - Fiction

Summary: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.

Madman of Piney Woods by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02684 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Blacks - Canada - Fiction Irish - Canada - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Freedmen - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Canada - History|y1867-1914 - Fiction

Summary: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.