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President of the Underground Railroad

A Story about Levi Coffin

From the Series Creative Minds Biographies

  • Interest Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

Growing up in a Quaker family in the South in 1830, Levi Coffin did not support slavery, but he was exposed to its atrocities. Convinced that every person deserved to be free, Levi began helping slaves escape to the North along the Underground Railroad, and during the following 40 years he was able to help over 3,000 people find freedom.

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Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Copyright 2001
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 64
Publication Date 2011-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.8
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007110, JNF007020
Dewey 973.7'115'092
Graphics 1-color illustrations
Dimensions 5.875 x 8.5
Lexile 930
Guided Reading Level S
ATOS Reading Level 5.9
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 47473
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Afterword, Author/Illustrator note, Awards, Bibliography/further reading, Index, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Teaching Guides

Awards

  • Notable Award Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, Winner, 2001

Reviews

School Library Journal

“This biography of a little-known hero will supplement studies of the period.”
—School Library Journal

The Horn Book Guide

“. . .the biography smoothly conveys how Coffin’s work grew out of his youthful moral vision and Quaker background.”
—The Horn Book Guide