Jump Ship to Freedom

Informationen zum Autor James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier Klappentext Young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford! Connecticut. By law they should be free! since Daniel's father fought in the Revolutionary army and earned enough in soldiers' notes to buy his family's freedom. But now Daniel's father is dead! and Mrs. Ivers has taken the notes from his mother. When Daniel bravely steals the notes back! a furious Captain Ivers forces him aboard a ship bound for the West Indies--and certain slavery. Even if Daniel can manage to jump ship in New York! will he be able to travel the long and dangerous road to freedom? Zusammenfassung Young Daniel Arabus and his mother are slaves in the house of Captain Ivers of Stratford! Connecticut. By law they should be free! since Daniel's father fought in the Revolutionary army and earned enough in soldiers' notes to buy his family's freedom. But now Daniel's father is dead! and Mrs. Ivers has taken the notes from his mother. When Daniel bravely steals the notes back! a furious Captain Ivers forces him aboard a ship bound for the West Indies--and certain slavery. Even if Daniel can manage to jump ship in New York! will he be able to travel the long and dangerous road to freedom?

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Collier, James Collier, James Lincoln Collier
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1987
• EAN: 9780440443230
• ISBN: 978-0-440-44323-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 194 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Arabus Family Saga (Paperback); Arabus Family Saga Series; Arabus Family Saga; Arabus Family Saga Series; Arabus Family Saga (Paperback)
• Subject: Children's and young people's books