I like the book but not the part when he lies so he can get to freedom because he did not like working for a white man who would boss him around so he Put something on his hand that burned a hole right through it so when he was bandaged up by his master and shipped himself to Philadelphia to get away from slavery and he finally had a real birthday.
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
By Ellen Levine
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Grades 1 - 5 | Q | 3 | 1260 |
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.
Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.
Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN-13: 9780439777339
ISBN-10: 043977733X
Published on 1/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 40
Book Reviews (5)
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i love this book such a great booooook great plot too but its sad that henery gets his family taken away
I loved this book once again it looks like a little kids story but its not really
I read this at my library at my school and it is a great book and I recommend it to all readers
This is an excellent book to show what ends slaves would go through to be free.