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• Harriet Tubman

  Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel),

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  This nonfiction board book geared toward ages 1-5

• Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky

  Ringgold, Faith

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  This picture book is geared toward ages 3-7 and features Harriet Tubman telling contemporary children about the path of the Underground Railroad.

• Unspoken

  a Story From the Underground Railroad

  Cole, Henry, 1955-

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  This wordless picture book is geared toward ages 3-7

• Barefoot

  Escape on the Underground Railroad

  Edwards, Pamela Duncan

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  In this picture book, a group of animals helps an man escaping slavery evade his pursuers. This book is geared toward ages 3-9

• Harriet Tubman

  Freedom Fighter

  Hohn, Nadia L.

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  This nonfiction title is for those learning to read and is geared toward ages 4-8

• Journey to Freedom

  a Story of the Underground Railroad

  Wright, Courtni Crump

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  This beginning chapter book follows a family escaping slavery and is geared toward ages 4-8

• Moses

  When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  This picture book about Harriet Tubman is geared toward ages 4-8

• I Am Harriet Tubman

  Meltzer, Brad,

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  Part of Meltzer's popular "I Am" series, this biography is geared toward ages 5-9

• Box

  Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Carole Boston Weatherford specializes in writing about the stories of Black Americans. Here she focuses on Henry Brown, an enslaved boy who "mailed himself to freedom." This nonfiction book is geared toward ages 5-9

• Which Way to Freedom?

  and Other Questions About... the Underground Railroad

  Carson, Mary Kay,

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  Part of the "Good Question!" series this nonfiction title is geared toward ages 7 and up.

• The Trap Door

  McMann, Lisa

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  The third book in the "Infinity Ring" series, popular author McMann (Unwanteds) teens time travel to the year 1850. This title is geared toward ages 7-12.

• Underground Abductor

  An Abolitionist Tale

  Hale, Nathan, 1976-

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  Part of the popular "Hazardous Tales" series, this graphic novel is geared toward ages 8 and up.

• I Am Harriet Tubman

  Norwich, Grace

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  Similar to the popular "I am/was" series, this biography is geared toward ages 8-10

• Stealing Freedom

  Carbone, Elisa Lynn

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  This novel is based on the life of an enslaved girl who escapes to Canada. This title is geared toward ages 8 - 12.

• What Was the Underground Railroad?

  McDonough, Yona Zeldis

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  Part of the incredibly popular "What Was/Is" series, this nonfiction title is geared toward ages 8-12

• The Underground Railroad

  Messner, Kate,

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  Part of the "History Smashers" series, this newly published and popular nonfiction title is geared toward ages 8-12

• Trouble Don't Last

  Pearsall, Shelley

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  This middle grade novel is geared toward ages 8-12

• Journey to Freedom, 1838

  Winston, Sherri,

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  The second book in the "Great Escapes" series, is a retelling of a portion from Uncle Tom's Cabin about Eliza Harris' escape across the Ohio River. This novel includes historical notes and is geared toward ages 8-12

• Freedom Roads

  Searching for the Underground Railroad

  Hansen, Joyce

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  This nonfiction title focuses on the research and science that is utilized to document the Underground Railroad for history and learning purposes. This title is geared toward ages 9-12

• Freewater

  Luqman-Dawson, Amina,

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  Recommended by Ashli St. Armant, creator of NORTH. a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. This title is geared toward ages 10 and up.