The Underground Railroad : an interactive history adventure
Examines the slave trade in the United States during the 19th century and explains how some slaves made it to freedom.
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- ISBN: 9781429601641
- ISBN: 1429601647
- Physical Description 112 pages : illustrations (some color), color map.
- Publisher Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, [2008]
- Copyright ©2008
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 111), Internet addresses and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 33.95 |
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School Library Journal Review
The Underground Railroad : An Interactive History Adventure
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Gr 3-7-This volume has "3 Story Paths, 37 Choices, 16 Endings" to give children an interactive reading experience and varied outcomes. The text is short and has a somewhat robotic tone. Readers can be a runaway slave, a slave catcher, or an abolitionist. If they opt for the first choice, they are instructed to turn to page 13 to continue the story. There they find out that their father wants to escape, but their mother wants to stay behind. Now readers must decide whether to remain with one parent or go with the other. The text exclaims, "What a terrible choice!" Good point. Perhaps this is not the best topic for the series. After all, most slaves' options were not really good ones, so the story is somewhat of an exercise in futility. Throughout the book, reproductions of photos and illustrations from the period make the information visually appealing. Underground Railroad offers some historically accurate details but the choice of theme coupled with stilted writing makes it a limited purchase.-Carole Phillips, Greenacres Elementary School, Scarsdale, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.