Elisa Carbone

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1) Stealing freedom

Author

Carbone, Elisa

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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A novel based on the events in the life of a young slave girl from Maryland who endures all kinds of mistreatment and cruelty, including being separated from her family, but who eventually escapes to freedom in Canada.

2) Heroes of the surf: a rescue story based on true events

Author

Carbone, Elisa

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

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When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on which the story is based.

3) Blood on the river: James Town 1607

Author

Carbone, Elisa

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

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NPM - JUV HISTORICAL FIC

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Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.

4) Diana's White House garden

Author

Carbone, Elisa

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

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In 1943, 10-year-old Diana Hopkins, the daughter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's chief advisor, helped inspire and create the first White House Victory Garden.

5) Night running: how James escaped with the help of his faithful dog

Author

Carbone, Elisa

Pub. Date

[2008]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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A runaway slave makes a daring escape to freedom with the help of his faithful hunting dog, Zeus. Based on the true story of James Smith's journey from Virginia to Ohio in the mid-1800s.