![]() ![]() "In a fine Civil War story from a dependable and prolific historical novelist, Truth-only 16, and a girl-rescues her Quaker cousin from a Union prison. Her powerful story of the Civil War captures the secrecy, suspense and heroism of this little-known chapter in America’s history and will long be remembered by readers. Patricia Beatty, best-selling author and winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, takes readers on an unforgettable trip aboard the Underground Railroad. ![]() This ride, and the wagon’s real cargo, involve Truth in a mysterious and dangerous underground movement-and reveal how she can help further the cause of freedom without the use of a rifle. Even more puzzling, he asks her to accompany him when he delivers a wagonload of hay to a neighbour later that night. Then one day, a runaway slave takes refuge on the Bardwell farm and, to truth’s amazement, her uncle hides him from the slave catchers. They oppose slavery but refuse to take up arms in the cicil war that is now being waged to end this inhuman institution. ![]() When Truth Hopkins’s father dies, she goes to live with her uncle and his family in their North Carolina farm. ![]()
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