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Promises to the dead Cover Image Book

Promises to the dead / by Mary Downing Hahn.

Hahn, Mary Downing, (author.).

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Jesse leaves his home on Maryland's Eastern Shore to help a young runaway slave find a safe haven in the early days of the Civil War.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780547258386
  • Physical Description: 202 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Sandpiper, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Clarion Books, 2000.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.5 8 41248.

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Subject: Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
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United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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