January's Sparrow

By: Patricia Polacco

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Synopsis: In the middle of the dark night, the Crosswhites--including young Sadie--flee the Kentucky plantation they slave on, leaving everything they own behind, including the wooden sparrow January carved for Sadie. Dear January has been beaten and probably killed by the plantation master. They fear they may be next. Across the Ohio River and traveling the Underground Railroad, they make the slow and arduous journey north to Marshall, MI, where finally they are free! Or are they? How the Crosswhite family and the whole town of Marshall face slave catchers in their midnight attack and stand up heroically for what is right is brought to life in art and words by the great storyteller Patricia Polacco.