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The Underground Railroad

Author: Colson Whitehead

Genre: Fiction

Age Group: Adult

Kit Contents: 10 copies of the book, 2 Large Print copies, 1 audiobook, and suggested discussion questions.

Page Count: 306

Publication Date: 2016

Details: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom.

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