Full name: Night Running: How James Escaped with the Help of His Faithful Dog

Author: Elisa Carbone Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780375922473 9780375822476 0375922474 037582247X

It's 1838, and James has made a secret plan to escape Master Graham's farm-and slavery. James tells his dog Zeus he has to stay behind: he's simply too noisy to bring along on a dangerous nighttime journey. But when two white men capture James soon after he runs, he's grateful his faithful hunting dog didn't obey. Zeus has followed behind, and the scrappy hound rescues James from his captors. An author's note describes the real life inspiration behind the book: James Smith, a slave who escaped with the help of his dog and went on to become a farmer and Baptist minister. Similar books: Night Boat to Freedom by Margot Theis Raven Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson A Place Called Freedom by Scott Russell Sanders Most Loved in All the World by Tonya C. Hegamin Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson The Bell Rang by James E. Ransome Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport I Want to be Free by Joseph Slate Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco Underground by Shane W. Evans Heroes of the Surf by Elisa Carbone Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles The Gardener by Sarah Stewart Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall