{"product_id":"paperback-overground-railroad-children","title":"Overground Railroad - Children","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"slot-header\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eABOUT\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOVERGROUND RAILROAD\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA window into a child’s experience of the Great Migration from the award-winning creators of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBefore She Was Harriet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFinding Langston\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eClimbing aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth Ellen embarks upon a journey toward a new life up North–one she can’t begin to imagine. Stop by stop, the perceptive young narrator tells her journey in poems, leaving behind the cotton fields and distant Blue Ridge mountains.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEach leg of the trip brings new revelations as scenes out the window of folks working in fields give way to the Delaware River, the curtain that separates the colored car is removed, and glimpses of the freedom and opportunity the family hopes to find come into view. As they travel, Ruth Ellen reads from\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereflecting on how her journey mirrors her own– until finally the train arrives at its last stop, New York’s Penn Station, and the family heads out into a night filled with bright lights, glimmering stars, and new possiblity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames Ransome’s mixed-media illustrations are full of bold color and texture, bringing Ruth Ellen’s journey to life, from sprawling cotton fields to cramped train cars, the wary glances of other passengers and the dark forest through which Frederick Douglass traveled towards freedom.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOverground Railroad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis, as Lesa notes, a story “of people who were running from and running to at the same time,” and it’s a story that will stay with readers long after the final pages.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House, LLC","offers":[{"title":"paperback","offer_id":40180201783382,"sku":"SKU010001197","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"hardcover","offer_id":40180201816150,"sku":"SKU010003364","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1518\/3132\/products\/9780823451197.jpg?v=1675443769","url":"https:\/\/illinois-holocaust-museum.myshopify.com\/products\/paperback-overground-railroad-children","provider":"Illinois Holocaust Museum \u0026 Education Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}