Elijah of Buxton

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Label

Elijah of Buxton

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Paul Curtis

Creator

• trueCurtis, Christopher Paul
• Curtis, Christopher Paul

Author

• Curtis, Christopher Paul

Subject

• trueAfrican Americans
• trueAfrican American fiction
• trueBlack Canadian children
• trueBlack Canadians
• Blacks -- Canada -- Fiction
• Blacks -- Canada -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCanada -- History -- 1763-1867
• Canada -- History -- 1763-1867 -- Fiction
• Canada -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCanadian fiction
• trueClergy
• trueEleven-year-old boys
• trueFreed slaves
• trueFreedom
• Freedom -- Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
• North Buxton (Ont.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
• North Buxton (Ont.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueNorth Buxton, Ontario
• trueOntario
• truePreteen boys
• trueRescues
• trueRobbery
• trueSlavery
• Slavery -- Fiction
• Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
• true1860s -- 1860 -- 1869
• trueAfrican American boys

Genre

• trueCanadian fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueAfrican American 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

• trueSlang-heavy
• trueConversational

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

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

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

980

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.C94137

LC item number

El 2007

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

980

Literary form

fiction

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

• 4
• 8

Target audience

pre adolescent