Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
by Elvira Woodruff and Nancy Carpenter
Now in paperback! In this companion novel to Dear Levi, told in letters,11-year-old... read more
- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1998
Word Count 21,964
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 32561, 3 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Slavery
- Slavery--Fiction
- Underground Railroad
- Country life
- Pennsylvania
- Country life--Pennsylvania--Fiction
- Underground Railroad--Fiction
- Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction
- Letters--Fiction
- Pennsylvania--Fiction
- Letters
- Fugitive slaves--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- African Americans--Fiction
- Fugitive slaves
- African Americans
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About the Authors 3
Author Interviews 1
Interview with Nancy Carpenter
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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