num_pages: 160
description: Laura Eastman returns to New York after living in the South with relatives for four years to discover that her brother and father are part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves to escape to Canada. When a friend brings a runaway slave, Martin, to the house while her father and stepmother are away, Laura must decide what she believes -- and whether she should help Martin escape.
language: English
title: Freedom Crossing
titlecomplete: Freedom Crossing (Apple Paperbacks)
characters: Harriet Tubman
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, African American, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Adventure, Historical Fiction, Civil War, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 724
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks