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Follow the drinking gourd Cover Image Book

Follow the drinking gourd / written by Bernardine Connelly ; illustrated by Yvonne Buchanan.

Connelly, Bernardine. (Author). Buchanan, Yvonne, (illustrator.).

Summary:

A young slave girl sets off north with her brother and mother, following the star in the Drinking Gourd, or Big Dipper, that points to freedom.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1591977630
  • ISBN: 9781591977636
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
  • Edition: Library bound ed.
  • Publisher: Rowayton, Conn. : Rabbit Ears Books, 2005.
  • Distributor: Distributed to schools and libraries by ABDO Pub.

Content descriptions

General Note:
First published: New York: Simon and Schuster, c1997.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.8 0.5 78506.

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Subject: African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Underground Railroad > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fiction.

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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