Freedom Train

Freedom Train

Now in paperback, an enthralling account of a young boyâ€™s struggle to help freedom triumph over fear in the 1940s American South.

Itâ€™s 1947, and twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason is proud to have an older brother who guards the Freedom Trainâ€”a train that is traveling to all forty-eight states carrying the countryâ€™s most important documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Clyde is chosen to say the Freedom Pledge at the trainâ€™s stop in Atlanta, but his terrible stage fright forces him to refuse the honor. Instead, itâ€™s the class bully, Phillip, who gets selected, and he begins to torment Clyde. When an African-American boy saves him from a beating, Clyde is shocked. Especially when he learns that William lives in the white part of town. How can this be? And why canâ€™t he bring himself to be friends with William?

Clyde hasnâ€™t told his parents he wonâ€™t perform the pledge, nor has he mentioned his confusing friendship with a boy of color. So when the townspeople threaten Williamâ€™s family, Clyde has a choice to make: Will he keep quiet, or stand up for real freedom?Â

Ideal for classrooms, Freedom Train contains historical photos of the Freedom Train and its guards, as well as an authorâ€™s note that provides additional information about the history of the Freedom Train.
Country USA
Brand Margaret K. McElderry Books
Manufacturer Margaret K. McElderry Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781442436527
ReleaseDate 2012-01-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781442436527

Country	USA
Brand	Margaret K. McElderry Books
Manufacturer	Margaret K. McElderry Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781442436527
ReleaseDate	2012-01-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781442436527

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