By Ellen Levine
Illustrated By Kadir Nelson
Historical Fiction
This book is about Henry, who lived with his mother in a place slavery was still legal. When that master died he gave Henry to his soon because Henry was a good worker. when he went to work for the son he worked rolling tobacco and the person who watched him was very strict. Henry was not so happy being away from his family but eventually he et a girl who he liked. They eventually get married and have children. everything is going well until the owners starts having monetary issues and sells Henry's wife and kids. After that Henry is a very sad person and decides that he is going to do something about it. With the help of his friend James and Dr. Smith he ships himself to a state where slavery is no longer legal. They put him in a wooden box and ship him to Philadelphia. He goes on a ship and then on a train until he arrives at his final destination where he is free.
I would use this book in my class because it is very well illustrated and I think the children would like it. It has a good story and I would be a good book to talk about struggle and not giving up when things seem too hard. I would read the book and then ask them to think of a time when they felt like they could not do something, and how they were able to get past the situation. This book would be appropriate for 1ts through 3rd grade.
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