Night Boat to Freedom

from TamaraSmith

A story about a young boy, his grandmother and the quilt she's making. She instructs her grandson to help other slaves escape during the night. He complies and successfully sends many off to the north to freedom. The time comes when she wants him to be free and she wants him to go alone because s...

from epalaz

This books shows how effective children can be in any and all situations and that size don't matter. It also show has and underlining message when talking about the quilt the old woman made. Every color was a person who successfully made it to freedom. I would use this book during Black History M...

from KellyLPickett

This book pretty much moved me to tears. It is told in first person by a young boy named Christmas John who finds himself playing an important role in the escape of slaves from the plantation where he lives with his grandmother. One by one he rows them across the waters to the banks of Ohio and f...

from daphnejohnson

Captivating book about Christmas John who was born on Christmas day. He lived with his grandmother. Plantation is on county line between Kentucky and Ohio. He would row people by night from slavery to freedom. His grandma made a freedom quilt. She made her own cloth for this quilt. She would dete...

from bhellmay

The book is about a boy called Christmas and his grandmother. They are both slaves living on a cotton plantation in Kentucky. Just over the river, is Ohio, a state in which slavery has already been abolished on that time. First, the boy helps other slaves to escape and by the end of the book he f...