Elijah Freeman was the first baby to be born free in the runaway slave settlement of Buxton in Ontario, Canada in 18. Now he's eleven years old, and, through his eyes and his voice, we walk among and live among the families who are carving out and claiming their rightful place in this free world. It's filled with humor and wry moments that carry the reader along through one adventure after another and some very poignant times. This is a 2008 Newbery Honor winner. 365 pages Ages 9-13