Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad (Thorndike Young Adult)

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Summary: Stealing South
Review: I think Stealing South is a very good book. Although I like North by Night better, it is still very good. This book is about Will Spencer, who is his town leaving town of Atwater, Ohio, to become a peddler at 16. His family has been part of the Underground Railroad for many years. So he decides help Noah, a runaway slave to free his brother and sister before making his way north. But his journey takes much longer than expected. During his trip he meets several very generous people who own slaves and begins to wonder if what he is doing is right. Even though he is against slavery, he doesn't like getting to know people and then taking their slaves. He agrees to take six young boys and an elderly and an elderly woman to the slave market. Instead he takes them all, even Noah's sister, out of slavery. This book is a good page-turner, so once you start reading, you won't be able to stop until you finish the book.

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Summary: Stealing South
Review: I think Stealing South is a very good book. Although I like North by Night better, it is still very good. This book is about Will Spencer, who is his town leaving town of Atwater, Ohio, to become a peddler at 16. His family has been part of the Underground Railroad for many years. So he decides help Noah, a runaway slave to free his brother and sister before making his way north. But his journey takes much longer than expected. During his trip he meets several very generous people who own slaves and begins to wonder if what he is doing is right. Even though he is against slavery, he doesn't like getting to know people and then taking their slaves. He agrees to take six young boys and an elderly and an elderly woman to the slave market. Instead he takes them all, even Noah's sister, out of slavery. This book is a good page-turner, so once you start reading, you won't be able to stop until you finish the book.

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Summary: Mega Krunk review of Stealing South
Review: This is a book about a boy of about 18 from the state of Ohio. His family runs a part of the Underground Railroad, so they are very used to running slaves up to Canada. He wants to go down south to be a peddler, when he is given a mission to help these black slaves on a plantation in Kentucky. So he becomes a peddler with a special wagon capable of carrying slaves. So he goes down South and makes friends with the slave owner, and ends up stealing the slaves from him. And this is the story of this boy and his life before the civil war.

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Summary: A Story Worthy of Classroom Discussion
Review: This well-researched novel would nicely complement a classroom discussion of the Underground Railroad. Rich with opportunities for corresponding map-making, the story follows 16-year-old Will Spencer as he travels from Ohio into Kentucky. With his peddler's wagon, Will hopes not only to make a living for himself but also to carry slaves North toward freedom. A blend of history and suspense, this book is most memorable for the character's commitment to noble, yet dangerously unpopular, ideals.