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A Desperate Road to Freedom,
The Underground Railroad Diary
of Julia May Jackson
Friday, January 16th, 1863
We huddled there, all holding onto each other. The bushes prickled something awful, but we none of us paid them any mind at all. We heard the dogs coming closer and closer, baying and howling just the way they were the night Uncle Bo got caught. Men were shouting, too. The noise was fierce and it was coming straight at us. I held my breath and prayed as hard as I could. I knew real well those dogs could smell us easy as could be in those bushes. All I could think of was Uncle Bo shot and hanging dead in that tree.
"...a work of outstanding excellence...This book will become a new classic"
Michelle Superle, CM review, ****/4
Scholastic Canada Ltd., Dear Canada Series, 2009
ISBN 13 978-0-545-99619-8
ISBN 10 0-545-99619-8
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