Books with title Freedom Crossing

Laura Eastman returns to New York after living in the South with relatives for four years to discover that her brother and father are part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves to escape to Canada. When a friend brings a runaway slave, Martin, to the house while her father and stepmother are away, Laura must decide what she believes -- and whether she should help Martin escape.

*2016 Dragon Awards Finalist*In 2040s America, life is cheap and necessities are scarce. Yet even in the midst of drudgery and despair, unbroken spirits remain.Julie is a young woman with a plan to ignite the spark of resistance. Randy dreams of winning Julie’s love and escaping the emptiness of over-regulated life. Joseph seeks revenge on the system for a family tragedy. Daniel is a young artist who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Chris is an orphan prepared to do the unthinkable to protect his younger sister.Whether by choice or by accident, each will take a path on a collision course with the oppressive regime. Will they find the freedom they desire? Or will the cost of defiance prove too high to bear?Marina Fontaine is an immigrant from the former Soviet Union. She uses personal experience to craft a novel that takes an intimate look at life in a totalitarian society and the role that individual choices play in advancing the cause of liberty.

When Ella Miriam made the terrifying decision to leave the Soviet Union for Israel on a search for freedom and to escape generations of haunting, painful memories, she never expected to suffer the devastating loss that would lead her, through a succession of unlikely occurrences, to America. Chasing Freedom is a compelling and intensely personal account of Ella's journey from bondage to freedom, a story of love, struggles, wars, death, birth and triumphs through generations of her family. Ella's quest for freedom continued as she, through a series of improbable and miraculous events, realized her goal of emigrating to the U.S.A., where she discovered that even in the greatest nation in the world, freedom can be elusive.

Nikki Grimes offers a glimpse into the inspiring lives of Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Tubman, with breathtaking illustrations by Michele Wood! What if Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sat down over tea to reminisce about their extraordinary lives? What would they recall of their triumphs and struggles as they fought to achieve civil rights for African Americans and equal rights for women? And what other historical figures played parts in their stories? These questions led Coretta Scott King Award winner Nikki Grimes to create Chasing Freedom, an engaging work of historical fiction about two of the nineteenth century's most powerful, and inspiring, American women. With breathtaking illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award winner Michele Wood, Chasing Freedom richly imagines the experiences of Tubman and Anthony, set against the backdrop of the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and the Women's Suffrage Movement. Additional back matter invites curious young readers to further explore this period in history--and the larger-than-life figures who lived it.

Freedom eluded Alice Evans for most of her life, yet it was the one thing she desired the most. A childhood trauma steals her innocence and sets her on the quest for freedom, but the journey is long, hard, and full of constant stumbling blocks. Growing up during the era of segregation, Alice struggles to successfully form her identity while being caught between the merging of two worlds. Vaguely understanding who she is causes her to seek acceptance in the entertainment industry, but she quickly learns that show business is littered with shady practices, secrets, and lies. Repeated wrong choices with men leads her down a rocky road of violence and deception, causing her to struggle to maintain status quo while trying to raise her children on her own. Upon embracing the reality of her situation, she realizes that the freedom that continuously eludes her can only be gained by embracing God and taking a good, long look at her life. She divides her life into three periods: her introduction to God and her Christian faith, her rebellion from her faith, and her reconciliation of her faith. It is during this reflection that she realizes she spent most of her life searching for something that she had the entire time.