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ELIJAH OF BUXTON [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Curtis
Author's First Name: 
Christopher Paul
Narrator's First Name: 
Mirron
Narrator's Last Name: 
Willis
Publisher: 
Listening Library
Publication Date: 
2008

In this serio-comic historical romp, 11-year-old Elijah is the first freeborn child in a Canadian haven for runaway slaves. Willis' syncopated speech patterns, sinuous timbre, and carefully modulated pitch easily coalesce, creating a visceral sense of time, place, and character. (10-14)