{"product_id":"9780439023443","title":"Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)","description":"\r\n    Newbery Medalist and CSK Award winner Christopher Paul Curtis's debut middle-grade\/young-YA novel for Scholastic features his trademark humor, compelling storytelling, and unique narrative voice.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border from Detroit. He's best known in his hometown as the boy who made a memorable impression on Frederick Douglass. But things change when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers firsthand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled -- a life from which he'll always be free, if he can find the courage to get back home.\r\n","brand":"Christopher Paul Curtis (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Scholastic Inc. |  Hardback  |  2007-09-01","offer_id":44151610933503,"sku":"9780439023443","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_9519d125-cc8c-4135-86b2-e8d4b1bec0a0.jpg?v=1645105667","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780439023443","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}