![]() ![]() That’s why he has been given the label “fra-gile.”Įlijah decides to prove he is not the “fra-gile” boy people think he is by going on a dangerous journey to find money someone has stolen from one of his older friends. ![]() He is an awkward kid known for throwing up on Frederick Douglass and being scared of snakes. In fact, when someone escapes to the settlement, the residents eagerly ring a bell to signify “you are free!”Įlijah is the first child born into freedom on the settlement and he is also the best at chunking rocks. (Fun fact: Buxton is an actual place in Canada, across the border from Detroit, but the story is fiction.) It is about an 11-year-old boy named Elijah, who lives on the settlement with people who have escaped to freedom. This is one of the Christopher Paul Curtis books I am giving away Friday for my Black History Month triple book giveaway. It also teaches that even people considered “fra-gile” can be courageous. ![]() The book Elijah of Buxton shows life on a runaway slave settlement in the 1800’s with humor, drama and mystery. ![]()
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