Follows the adventures of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft in the mid-nineteenth century.

Twelve-year-old Elias is sent to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky to fight a case of consumption -- and ends up fighting for the lives of a secret community of escaped slaves traveling along the Underground Railroad.

"A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years"--

Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following for his wry wit, his uncanny ear, and his ability to fully capture the hearts of his characters. Bullfighting, his second collection of stories, offers thirteen bittersweet takes on men and middle-age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today. Moving from classrooms to local pubs to bullrings, these tales feature an array of men taking stock and reliving past glories, each concerned with loss in different ways-of...

After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

Trying to shape a new life of freedom in Philadelphia after having been a slave, Addy finds inspiration from a new friend.

"This unique blend of memoir and history interweaves autobiography with the history of the slave trade and the American South"--Provided by publisher.

A young doctor wrestles with the legacy of a slave "resurrectionist" owned by his South Carolina medical school.

While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place.