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Language
English
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 7
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Luke Garner unwittingly sets off a rebellion which sweeps the country and ousts the Population Police from power, he quickly realizes that the new regime is corrupt and he may hold the only key to true freedom
3) Moon
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Throughout her busy days, Moon wonders what it would be like to be wild and free until the day she meets a wolf and learns his "wolfy ways."--Provided by Publisher.
4) Young Fredle
Author
Language
English
Description
Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home
5) The big box
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children/Jump at the Sun
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Because they do not abide by the rules written by the adults around them, three children are judged unable to handle their freedom and forced to live in a box with three locks on the door
6) Rosie runs
Author
Publisher
Elsewhere Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Language
English
Description
Racing greyhound Rosie escapes the confines of the racetrack and bounds towards freedom.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The tiger is the most fearless animal in the jungle, but when hunters take him to a cage in the city he discovers there is something much more valuable than strength or power"--
8) At the pond
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful flowers. The boy unleashes his dog on shore, and the dog bounds...
9) The giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Language
English
Description
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
11) The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation: Vol. 2,The kingdom on the waves
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
561 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Mirette books volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After the Great Bellini teaches young Mirette to walk the high wire, she uses her talent to free him from prison, and both resolve to help others become free
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Young Abe Lincoln learns the meaning of selflessness and freedom when he encounters a soldier on a country road and gives up his prized possession: a fish he caught for the family's evening meal. Includes author's note on the early life of the sixteenth president
15) Freedom bird
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In the antebellum South, two siblings shelter a large, mysterious, wounded bird and eventually follow it west toward freedom.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
126 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution
18) Free
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Great Bird Circus is headed to a big show but when they reach the border, there's trouble. Paloma and the ringmaster can cross, but the birds need paperwork, and lots of it! The situation seems hopeless, until Paloma's quick thinking saves the day. The birds are freed from their cages, the truck passes through, and as the border guard looks on in horror, the birds fly over the border and the circus is reunited on the other side!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2007
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Octavian Nothing is raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers. He and his mother are the only people in their household assigned names. Young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies, only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments
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