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WHO COMES WITH CANNONS? Beatty,
Patricia ~~~ $15.995 library binding NO LONGER CARRY
192 pgs. 1992. i Upper elementary, middle school. AR 4.8 MG. An award-winning author's most recent Civil War novel—and her most memorable. Truth Hopkins is an orphan who is sent to live on a farm outside Goldsboro, NC, with her aunt and uncle who are Quakers. When a runaway slave takes refuge on her family's farm and her uncle helps him escape to the North, Truth discovers the Underground Railroad and learns that she can further the cause of freedom—without the use of a rifle. The powerful novel of the Civil War South takes readers on an unforgettable trip aboard the Underground Railroad, and through the historic and bloody Battle of Bentonville as seen through the eyes of a brave young woman. Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Sociual Studies - Civil War era; 4th -8th Grade Language Arts |