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9 - 12
Page Count
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Scholastic Inc
Grade Level
5th - 6th
ISBN
9780590445696
Lexile
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Themes
across many cultures

Freedom Crossing

Written by Margaret Goff Clark
After vacationing in the South, a young girl finds her new ideas challenged when she returns North and discovers her father and brother have been helping runaway slaves.
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9 - 12
Page Count
160
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Grade Level
5th - 6th
ISBN
9780590445696
Lexile
720
Themes
across many cultures
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