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Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

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Country
  
United States

Publisher
  
Roaring Brook Press

Originally published
  
18 January 2011

Illustrator
  
Shane W. Evans

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
January 18, 2011

Author
  
Shane W. Evans

ISBN
  
9781596435384

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Awards
  
Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators

Genres
  
Children's literature, Picture book

Similar
  
Shane W Evans books, Abolitionism books, Children's literature

Underground is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans. It was published by Roaring Brook Press in 2011 and received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators in 2012. The book depicts a 19th century African-American family of slaves as they escape from a plantation and navigate the Underground Railroad to freedom.

Awards and Honors

  • School Library Journal’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2011
  • Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators (2012)
  • American Library Association Notable Children's Books (2012)
  • NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts (2012)

    • References

    Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom Wikipedia
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