Freedom Train
Published on 3. January 2012
160 pages
978-1-4424-3653-4 (ISBN)
Description
An enthralling account of a young boy's struggle to help freedom triumph over fear in the 1940s American South.
It's 1947, and twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason is proud to have an older brother who guards the Freedom Train?a train that is traveling to all forty-eight states carrying the country's most important documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
Clyde hasn't told his parents he won't perform the Freedom Pledge because of stage fright, nor has he mentioned his confusing friendship with a boy of color. So when the townspeople threaten William's family, Clyde has a choice to make: Will he keep quiet, or stand up for real freedom?
Ideal for classrooms, Freedom Train contains historical photos of the Freedom Train and its guards, as well as an author's note that provides additional information about the history of the Freedom Train.
It's 1947, and twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason is proud to have an older brother who guards the Freedom Train?a train that is traveling to all forty-eight states carrying the country's most important documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.
Clyde hasn't told his parents he won't perform the Freedom Pledge because of stage fright, nor has he mentioned his confusing friendship with a boy of color. So when the townspeople threaten William's family, Clyde has a choice to make: Will he keep quiet, or stand up for real freedom?
Ideal for classrooms, Freedom Train contains historical photos of the Freedom Train and its guards, as well as an author's note that provides additional information about the history of the Freedom Train.
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Evelyn Coleman
Freedom Train
Book
01/2008
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Evelyn Coleman's books include To Be a Drum; White Socks Only; The Riches of Oseola McCarty, a Smithsonian Notable Book and a Carter G. Woodson Honor Book; and Born in Sin. Evelyn lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where she received the Atlanta Mayor's fellowship for achievement in children's literature. Visit Evelyn online at EvelynColeman.com.
Content
- Intro
- Back Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Captain Chester Saves the Day
- Chapter 2: A Visit to Another World
- Chapter 3: Getting Home - Almost
- Chapter 4: Cabbagetown
- Chapter 5: Whoo! Whoo!
- Chapter 6: The Third William
- Chapter 7: The Cure for Stage Fright
- Chapter 8: Christmas Eve
- Chapter 9: Men's Talk
- Chapter 10: Girls, Frogs, and Friends
- Chapter 11: Men's Work Never Tekes a Holiday
- Chapter 12: This Don't Seem Like no Men's Work to Me
- Chapter 13: One of Those Folk
- Chapter 14: The Freedom Pledge
- Chapter 15: Freedom
- From the Desk and Heart of Evelyn Coleman
- Author's Historical Note
- Photographs
