My America: Freedom's Wings: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book One

My America: Freedom's Wings: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book One by Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780439369077.

As part of the relaunch of the My America series, Sharon Dennis Wyeth introduces readers to Corey Birdsong, a slave boy in antebellum Kentucky. This is the story of his familys attempt to escape. Corey Birdsong is a lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that made an economy of slavery. He and his family are owned by the Hart family of Kentucky. But, when Coreys father, Roland, flees to the North and Corey and his mother follow. Corey records his daily life on the Hart farm with incredible insight and honesty, and later he describes the difficult journey along the "Underground Railroad" to the North to be reunited with his father. With the help of many kind strangers, Corey, his parents, and his new baby sister arrive afely in Canada.