By Freedom's Light by Elizabeth O'Maley
Thirteen-year-old Sarah Caldwell is an unhappy Indiana Pioneer. She misses her sister, Rachel, who stayed behind in North Carolina. Worse yet, their widowed father has married a Quaker schoolteacher, whom Sarah discovers is a secret abolitionist!

When Rachel and her family arrive for a visit, Sarah is overjoyed. Rachel brings Polly, a slave girl, with her. As Polly and Sarah become friends, Sarah questions her beliefs about slavery. Soon she is faced with a life-altering decision.

In this historical novel for grades four and up, readers will experience both the harshness of a slave society and the brave acts of people who helped slaves find freedom.

IHS Press, 2009.
Paperback, ISBN 978-0-87195-274-5, $7.95. Also available in hardcover, ISBN 978-0-87195-273-8, $15.95.

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By Freedom's Light by Elizabeth O'Maley
Alone: The Journey of the Boy Sims by Alan K. Garinger
Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War by Mary Blair Immel
The Soldier's Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle by Ray E. Boomhower
The Sword and the Pen: The Life of Lew Wallace by Ray E. Boomhower
Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall by Ray E. Boomhower
Spinning through Clouds: Tales from an Early Hoosier Aviator by Max Knight

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