Underground to canada by barbara smucker goodreads. Thousands of black men, women and children escaped slavery in the united states and fled to. The story follows two slaves on their journey to find liberation from slavery via the underground railway to canada. Underground to canada barbara smucker student study guide isbn 014031122x all answers must be in sentence form. Underground to canada is an historical novel for young readers by barbara smucker. A reprint of a historical novel first published in 1977, underground to canada is the gripping story of two young girls who rely on the secret network of courageous and sympathetic people which helped thousands of fugitive slaves on their dangerous journey from the american south to canada and freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave traders wagon. Would you be more interested in reading a story about a giant elephant and a zoo. Barbara smucker is the author of underground to canadaas well as many other books. Underground to canada puffin books by barbara smucker. Editions of underground to canada by barbara smucker. This underground to canada literature unit, based on the novel by barbara smucker, is intended to help students delve deeply into the lives of the two young main characters, julilly and liza, as they attempt to escape from slavery using the underground railroad of the 19th century.
Buy underground to canada rev ed by barbara, smucker isbn. Underground to canada puffin books mass market paperback international edition, january 3, 1978. Chapter 1 why does massa master jeb hensen not like the slaves singing. See all 15 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Feel feel to post any ideas, thoughts, or reflections to the discussion board. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Underground to canada in the meantime, barbara smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girls flight from slavery, andsome three decades after it first appeared in printunderground to canada still serves as a wonderfulintroduction to a vital and fascinating element ofcanadian history. I have included an audio version of the novel for those students who have difficulty reading on their own. Underground to canada by barbara smucker librarything. Underground to canada barbara smucker read book online.
Chapter below is an article from a newspaper, where a plantation owner is demanding for his 2 slave girls back. Barbara smucker embarked on a new career as a librarian at the kitchener public library, where she noticed there were few good books for children on the history of slavery. Julilly and liza are fugitive slaves running of for. Books in canada barbara smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girls flight from slavery, and some three decades after it first appeared in print underground to canadastill serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of canadian history.
Underground to canada canadian adventist teachers network. Audio book underground to canada by barbara smucker duration. It is a very heartwarming book towards slaves and really makes you feel like you are there with her through the scary parts and when she finally reaches canada. Underground to canada by barbara smucker penguin random. The book is about 4 african american slaves in the u. The protagonist of underground to canada is a twelveyearold slave girl, julilly. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave traders wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her.
It was first published in canada in 1977 and published in the united states the following year as runaway to freedom. June lilly julilly is a 12 year old slave in the novel underground to canada. The first time i read underground to canada, i was eight years old. Underground to canada by barbara claassen smucker underground to canada by barbara claassen smucker book cover, description, publication history. Barbara claassen smucker page on teachingbooks view the page share. Books in canada barbara smucker has created a sensitive and dramatic story about a young girls flight from slavery, andsome three decades after it first appeared in printunderground to canadastill serves as a wonderful introduction to a vital and fascinating element of canadian history. Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all julilly has left is. Julilly is a young slave girl who gets sold to a miserable. Underground to canada is story about this women, her life as a slave, and her journey to escape from it.
Underground to canada by barbara smucker overdrive rakuten. Older readers may notice the simplified plotting and some plausibility gaps, but in general a wellwritten story with. Barbara wrote underground to canada, days of terror, amish adventure, white mist, jacobs little giant, incredible jumbo, and garth and the mermaid. Buy a cheap copy of underground to canada book by barbara smucker. Underground to canada by barbara smucker, paperback. It shocked me back then and its still just as horrific today. Barbara smucker was one of canadas bestknown and bestloved authors of fiction for children and young adults. Julilly worked on a plantation in virginia with her mammy sally. Plot summary in this novel underground to canada by barbara smucker the plot summary is about a little girl named julilly who is a black slave and is separated from her mother when she is taken to a different place to work called the reilly plantation. This unit consists of a novel study of underground to canada by barbara smucker. Throughout her career, she was profoundly affected by civil rights issues, which informed works such as days of terror, white mist, and underground to canada.
The title of the the book is underground to canada. Read underground to canada by barbara smucker available from rakuten kobo. They say you follow the north star, and when you step. Her dad got bitten by a snake and died on the day she was born. Underground to canada download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Underground to canada online reading version download.
When her master falls ill, she and her mother are separated. She won multiple awards for her work, including the vicky metcalf award, the canada council childrens literature prize, and. This is why we provide the ebook compilations in this website. Barbara smucker was one of canada s bestknown and bestloved authors of fiction for children and young adults. Based partially on a true story, underground to canada by barbara smucker follows a young slave girl, julilly, in the american south. Download undergroundtocanadanovelstudy ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. The really best part about the book is the detail that barbra smucker puts into it. Based partially on a true story, the novel is set in the united states and canada in the years leading up to the american civil war and depicts the hard lives of. Puffin books pdf great reads from the scribes book lists. Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in canada via the underground railroad. Read the note to the reader at the beginning of the book. The story is about julilly, a 12yearold girl who is sold into slavery and her heroic escapee to. They moved to canada in 1969, where donovan taught at conrad grebel college in ontario while barbara worked as a librarian, first as the childrens librarian at kitchener public library and then as the head librarian of renison college 1977. Before beginning to read the novel underground to canada by barbara smucker, take some time to complete the opinion survey below.
Download pdf epub ebook by barbara smucker, age range 8 12 years, grade level 3 7, puffin classics, 216 pages, puffin canada, uk ed. It was a television movie created in 1994, but it includes many of the same characters and themes of underground to canada. The thought of somebody taking a human being, a young child no less, away from her mother so she can be sold like livestock and worked without pay, is a disgusting concept to say the least. Underground to canada 25th anniversary edition barbara smucker underground to canada 25th anniversary when somebody should go to the book stores, search initiation by shop, shelf by shelf, it is essentially problematic. Theres a place the slaves been whisperin around called canada. In 1939 she married donovan smucker, a mennonite pastor and academic specialising in christian ethics. It will totally ease you to look guide underground to canada 25th. Barbara smucker is the author of underground to canada as well as many other books.
What other books have you read written by barbara smucker. Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all j. They go to different plantations but always want to escape. A new order mennonite, smucker graduated in journalism from kansas state university 1936 and came to canada in 1969. Many of her books tell the stories of persecuted people looking for freedom, safety, and a better life. Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Underground to canada by barbara smucker chapter 1 before you read the chapter. Underground to canada 2003 underground to canada 2003 about book. Underground to canada by barbra smucker is a novel about slaves in the united states of america during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Underground to canada 25th anniversary edition barbara. Underground to canada barbara smucker mariehelen goyetche.
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