Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 3.4
Lexile Measure®: 510L
DRA: 34-38
Guided Reading: P
Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Dictionaries
- Series
Theme/Subject
- African American History
- Slavery, Underground Railroad, Abolition
- Courage, Bravery, Heroism
- Determination and Perseverance
- Honor
- Understanding Self and Others
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
In "Message in the Sky", Corey begins attending school, and his family, along with his friend, Mingo, are living well in Canada, where they've built their own farm. But, the Birdsongs cannot let go of the memories of their friends left behind in America. Corey and Mingo hatch a plan to help Aunt Queen, Mingo's adopted mother, escape, but Corey's parents forbid it, and start saving money to buy her freedom, instead. However, when Corey accidentally ends up on the American side of the Ohio River, he finds himself a conductor on the Underground Railroad!About the Authors or Illustrators
Sharon Dennis Wyeth is the author of My America: Freedom's Wings, A Piece of Heaven, Something Beautiful, a Children's Book Council Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies, Tomboy Trouble, Always My Dad, a Reading Rainbow selection, and Once on This River, a New York Public Library One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing selection.
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