Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Underground Railroad: An Interactive History Adventure by Allison Lassieur

In this unique interactive history text readers can choose to experience what it's like to be a runaway slave, a slave catcher, or a abolitionist on the Underground Railroad. All the facts are presented to help readers make a decision as they might have in the 1850s. Third graders and up will learn firsthand as they struggle with whether they should run for freedom or wait to be sold. Each story arc concludes with the end of the Underground Railroad and a timeline of events and a brief bibliography along with suggestions for further reading.

Genre: Non-Fiction

Lassieur, A. (2008). The underground railroad:An interactive history adventure. Mankato, MN: Capstone Press.

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