Freedom Bound
Freedom Bound
by Jean Rae Baxter
$11.95
- February 2012
- print ISBN: 978-1-55380-143-6
- ebook ISBN: 978-1-55380-153-5
- PDF ISBN: 978-1-55380-174-0
- 5 1/4″ x 7 5/8″ Trade Paperback, 256 pages
- Young Reader Novel – Ages 9 to 12
In this, the final instalment of Jean Rae Baxter’s best-selling young adult trilogy, eighteen-year-old Charlotte sails from Canada to Charleston in the beleaguered Thirteen Colonies to join her new husband Nick. During these final months of the American Revolution, she must muster all her wit and courage when she has to rescue Nick from being tortured as a spy in an alligator-infested South Carolina swamp. She must also find ways to bring freedom to a pair of teenage runaway slaves she has befriended. Freedom Bound delivers a frank and realistic picture of the slave system and a powerful account of what was at stake for both white and black Loyalists as they prepared to find a new home in the country that was soon to be Canada. Like The Way Lies North and Broken Trail, the two novels that preceded it, Freedom Bound contains a wealth of carefully researched historical details of one of the least known chapters of our history.
Click here to read an excerpt from Freedom Bound.
Reviews and Awards:
- Awarded Bronze for Historical/Cultural Pre-Teen Fiction in the Moonbeam Awards
“By far Baxter’s most dramatic historical fiction . . . Jean Rae Baxter brings the sights and sounds as well as the smells of the streets of Charleston and the miry swamps of the backcountry to life with her vivid descriptions that add to the drama of this well written novel.”
—The Loyalist Gazette“Through Charlotte, Baxter cleverly incorporates details revealing how different life was for women, depending on their class and skin colour, and for enslaved people during this period in American history. . . . Baxter’s storytelling is energized by the constant unexpected turns of events and by a protagonist who uses her wit and ingenuity to find solutions in life-threatening situations, resulting in a fast-moving, but realistic, page-turner appropriate for ages 12 to 16.”
—Karri Yano, Canadian Children’s Book News“This novel’s 256 pages are filled to the brim with not only historical details that touch on slavery, battles, and more, but are also full of creative flair from the author.”
—National Post, the Afterword“Baxter communicates on two levels, weaving historical detail into a formidable tale while positioning it at younger readers who readily soak up the adventure and the exciting history.”
—Hamilton Spectator
