Door of no return by Alexander, Kwame 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 050314 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.9 MG+

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse African Americans - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century. In large print hardcover format.

Door of no return by Alexander, Kwame 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 050319 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.9 MG+ Lexile: NP F&P: Z+

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse African Americans - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century.

Door of no return by Alexander, Kwame 

Audio Book(Playaway)

BTSB #: P09449 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse African Americans - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century.

Journey of little Charlie by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 253869 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 7.5 6-8 Lexile: 960

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Sharecroppers - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction South Carolina - History|y1775-1865 - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.

Journey of little Charlie by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2018)

BTSB #: P04040 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Sharecroppers - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Fugitive slaves - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Race relations - Fiction South Carolina - History|y1775-1865 - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: When his sharecropper father is killed, leaving the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie makes a deal to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of fugitives.

One big open sky by Cline-Ransome, Lesa 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2024)

BTSB #: 222856 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse Wagon trains - Fiction Frontier and pioneer life - Fiction African Americans - Fiction United States - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: In the 1870s, a Black family undertakes a perilous wagon journey westward for a tenuous shot at freedom in Nebraska.