Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery
by Conkling, Winifred
Carter G. Woodson Award/HonorAmerican/U.S. HistoryEnslaved PeopleBlack PeopleJunior Library Guild Selection
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AR Book Level
8.0
AR Points
6
Word Count
33,016
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
170990 EN
About this book
In 1848, Emily was among 76 fugitives on the "Pearl" during America's largest slave escape attempt. Her story is told through narrative, sidebars, and more than 50 photographs and illustrations. The text contains descriptions of violence.
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