Underground Railroad Exhibit: Teacher Resources - Lesson Plan Three

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Lesson Plan Three: Sample Underground Railroad Novel List

Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad by M.T.Brill, J.L.Porter
ISBN 0876146051

This book recounts how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and gain freedom through the Underground Railroad.

Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton
ISBN 0679839976

Based on historical fact, this is the story of the escape, the recapture and trial of fugitive slave, Anthony Burns.

Brady by Jean Fritz
ISBN 0140322582

In 1836, after Brady discovered a station of the Underground Railroad and knew that his father did not trust him with the secret, he wished he had never heard of slavery. But in a time of great need, he was able to prove he was becoming a man.

Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words by Frederick Douglass
ISBN 0679846514

One hundred and fifty years ago, Frederick Douglass detailed his feelings before his escape from slavery. Now for the first time, this portrait of a childhood in slavery is available for young readers.

Freedom Crossing by Margaret Goff Clark
ISBN 0590445693

When Laura Eastman comes home from a vacation with a relative in the South, her loyalties are challenged by abolitionist ideals. Her own father and brother are helping runaway slaves escape. Will Laura help them?

Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling
ISBN 0590436287

Born into slavery, young Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. Escape seemed impossible - certainly dangerous. Yet Harriet did escape north by a secret route called the Underground Railroad. Harriet did not forget her people. Again and again she risked her life to lead others on the same secret, dangerous journey.

Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad by Jim Haskins
ISBN 0590454196

A collection of personal stories, historical material and letters of the "conductors" and "stationmasters" who helped slaves to freedom.

Jayhawker by Patricia Beatty
ISBN 0688144225

In the early years of the Civil War, teenage Kansas farm boy, Lije Tulley, becomes a jayhawker, an abolitionist raider freeing slaves from the neighbouring state of Missouri and then goes undercover as a spy.

The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood
ISBN 1550745093

This is the dramatic story of the Underground Railroad, seen through the eyes of two young girls in a unique mix of fact and fiction. Following each chapter, background information and hands-on educational activities expand on what has just been read.

Lightning Time by Douglas Rees
ISBN 0141303174

When the abolitionist John Brown hides out with the Worth family overnight, the visitor changes Theodore Worth's life. After he leaves, Theodore thinks about Brown's courage in wanting to free the slaves at any cost. Two years later, Theodore joins the fight.

Nightjohn by Gary Paulson
ISBN 0440219361

Twelve-year-old Samy risks terrible punishment as Nightjohn, an adult slave, teaches her to read.

Runaway to Freedom by Barbara Smucker
ISBN 006440165

Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.

Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby
ISBN 0689824351

Twelve-year-old Dana and her parents are working hard to turn their new house into a bed-and breakfast inn when Dana discovers a skeleton and a secret diary behind the wall of one of the bedrooms. This novel tells the story of the Underground Railroad and how the dramatic discovery affects the lives of Dana and her family.

Who Comes With Cannons? By Patricia Beatty
ISBN 0688110282

Truth Hopkins is a Quaker who opposes slavery and the Civil War that is now being waged. When a runaway slave takes refuge on her family's farm and her uncle helps him escape to the north, Truth learns that she can further the cause of freedom without the use of a rifle.

Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
ISBN 0141306866