Cathy Gohlke
The face in the window . . .
The quilt on the line . . .
Howling dogs. . .
Threatening strangers . . .
Safe houses, auctions, and beatings . . . and a railroad
that runs underground.
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It is 1859, and thirteen-year-old Robert is torn between loyalty to his abolitionist father and his mother’s slave-holding family.
After his best friend, William Henry, is trapped in a deadly scheme to protect secrets of the Underground Railroad, Robert vows never to get involved again. But when he discovers his grandfather’s plan to sell his own son, born of a slave woman, Robert must decide whether to stand idly by or risk everything to help him escape.
William Henry is a Fine Name is a coming-of-age story, a tale of friends--and a nation--caught in the chaos of slavery, forced to take a stand.
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William Henry is a Fine Name
