President of the Underground Railroad
A Story about Levi Coffin
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
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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978-0-8225-8912-9
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$25.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
Author: Gwenyth Swain
Gwenyth Swain is the author of more than two dozen books for young readers. A two-time winner of a Minnesota Book Award for children’s nonfiction, she loves history and historical fiction. Ms. Swain runs the middle school and high school libraries at Twin Cities Academy in St. Paul. Formerly, she was a costumed history player at historic Fort Snelling, a soda jerk, and a bookstore clerk.
Illustrator: Ralph L. Ramstad
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Creative Minds Biographies
Meet some of the world’s most creative minds! Written in story format, these episodic biographies give clear, straightforward accounts of historical figures’ lives. Each true story is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. View available downloads →
Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year