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The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft

From the Series On My Own History

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

On December 21, 1848, Ellen Craft and her husband, William, slipped out into the cold, dark night and took their first steps towards freedom. They were runaway slaves. Posing as a white man traveling with a slave, Ellen courageously boarded a train bound for Philadelphia. Could they actually make it a thousand miles without being discovered? As each tension-filled day passed and freedom got closer, Ellen and William risked everything – even death – to be free.

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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Social Studies
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Books: Race & Ethnicity, Diverse Books: Social Justice, Diversity
Copyright 2002
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand On My Own Books
Imprint First Avenue Editions ™, Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2002-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 2.0
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007120, JNF025270, JNF018010
Dewey 306.3'62'092273
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 5.875 x 8.5
Lexile 570
Guided Reading Level P
ATOS Reading Level 3.2
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 58558
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Author/Illustrator note, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Reviewed, Teaching Guides, and eSource

Awards

  • Notable Award Carter G. Woodson Book Award, Winner, 2002
  • Notable Award Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2002
  • Notable Award NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Winner, 2002

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“New readers will appreciate the fast-paced adventure, simple language, large typeface with plenty of space for detailed illustrations, and a relatively obscure story set in a familiar historical time.”
—Kirkus Reviews

School Library Journal

“This account of a real event employs a suspenseful text that will keep readers engaged to the very end. A great nonfiction choice for newly independent readers.”
—School Library Journal

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

“Newly independent readers with a penchant for true adventure will welcome these new entries [The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft and Rescue on the Outer Banks] in the On My Own History series.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books