Runaway: The Story of a Slave

Runaway is a story of a slave in America during the early 1800s, as she makes an escape attempt to a free state. As she runs she remembers the beatings, the separation from her family, the horror of being a piece of property to be bought and sold. This time it’s freedom or death…

Yesterday’s Voices gives older readers a manageable yet highly sophisticated, thought- provoking historical fiction series in the style of Right Now! Written as a first-person narrative, these page-turning reads capture real-life events in no more than 500 words. Plus each book includes a spread that gives the reader the factual background to the historical theme or event explored in the story.