Title: The light across the river
Description: In 1830s Ohio, Johnny Rankin's father and brother Lowry think he is too young and hotheaded to work on the Underground Railroad, but Johnny finds a way to help Eliza, a runaway slave from Kentucky, try to convey her entire family to freedom. Includes historical notes about the Rankin family, their friend Harriet Beecher Stowe, and her use of Eliza's story in her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Subjects: Christian life, Family life, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, Slavery, Underground railroad, Underground Railroad
Places: Ohio
Time periods: 1787-1865