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Midnight Rescue

by Lois Walfrid Johnson · 1996

Freedom Seekers seriesbook 3 of 3

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In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, 12-year-old Libby continues to harbour the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from the local prison.

Genre
historical fictionmysteryadventure
Themes
childhoodChristian
Setting
Mississippi River
Subject
history
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 175 pages

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