Leroy figure out whom he can trust to deliver the money to someone who can facilitate the transaction. Leroy, who still has a chance to free his family. When Elijah lets a woman know that a family member has passed away, the woman gives all the money she has saved to a Buxton man, Mr.
Elijah is sometimes called upon to read a neighbor's letter, because not everyone in the settlement can read, but he dreads doing this, because the news is usually sad. Some of his neighbors devote all of their efforts to earning and saving money to try to purchase the freedom of loved ones still trapped in slavery, and occasionally, news arrives for a Buxton resident about one of those loved ones. However, he has heard lots of stories about the brutality and hardships others have endured while enslaved and on the run. He attends a good school, does his chores and goes fishing after, and lives with his loving parents in their own home. In ELIJAH OF BUXTON, Elijah is the first child born in freedom in the Buxton, Ontario, settlement for formerly enslaved Black people. Curtis also offers some hopeful inspiration and great information about the true events behind the novel. He also fights off an attack dog and is treated roughly by some adults. The violence is not especially graphic or bloody, but Elijah sees people who have suffered gunshot wounds, torture, and branding. There's some silly kid logic and antics, in addition to a boy's-eye view of the atrocities perpetrated on Black people in the mid-19th century. Narrated by Elijah, the book shows Buxton life through a child's eyes.
Though residents of Buxton are free, they must remain vigilant about the threat of "slave catchers," and many Buxton residents who escaped slavery are trying to save enough money to pay for the release of loved ones still trapped in the American South.
Civil War, it's the story of an 11-year-old boy who lives in a Canadian settlement of formerly enslaved people. Parents need to know that Christopher Paul Curtis' Elijah of Buxton is a Newbery Honor Book that also won the Coretta Scott King Award. A man guarding several captives is drunk and has passed out.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
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