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Prairie Skies #3
Our Kansas Home
Danger Close To Home
Papa is in danger for helping to rescue a free-state settler who was unjustly arrested by Kansas's proslavery sheriff. He has gone into hiding, and Momma and the Keller children are alone in their remote cabin while marauding border ruffians are roaming the countryside, looking for livestock to steal.
But there's a lot more at stake at the Keller homestead than their chickens and cows. Charlie has come upon Lizzie, a runaway slave girl trying to make her way to freedom in Canada, and the Kellers are hiding her at their cabin. With the violence in Kansas Territory escalating, the Underground Railroad isn't running. Can Charlie and his family keep Lizzie safe until she can escape from Kansas?
Papa is in danger for helping to rescue a free-state settler who was unjustly arrested by Kansas's proslavery sheriff. He has gone into hiding, and Momma and the Keller children are alone in their remote cabin while marauding border ruffians are roaming the countryside, looking for livestock to steal.
But there's a lot more at stake at the Keller homestead than their chickens and cows. Charlie has come upon Lizzie, a runaway slave girl trying to make her way to freedom in Canada, and the Kellers are hiding her at their cabin. With the violence in Kansas Territory escalating, the Underground Railroad isn't running. Can Charlie and his family keep Lizzie safe until she can escape from Kansas?
- GenresHistorical Fiction
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Deborah Hopkinson
111 books374 followersI write nonfiction and historical fiction, picture books, and Golden Books. I speak at school, libraries, and conferences. I also love to garden and offer manuscript critiques. (Deborahhopkinson@yahoo.com)
NEW books in 2024 include DETERMINED DREAMER: THE STORY OF MARIE CURIE, illus by Jen Hill, ON A SUMMER NIGHT, illus by Kenard Pak, TRIM HELPS OUT and TRIM SAILS the STORM, illus by Kristy Caldwell, EVIDENCE! illustrated by Nik Henderson, and a nonfiction work called THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS. I'm delighted to say that Trim Helps Out, Trim Sails the Storm, On a Summer Night and Evidence! are all Junior Library Guild selections.
I live and work in Oregon and travel all over to speak to young readers and writers.
NEW books in 2024 include DETERMINED DREAMER: THE STORY OF MARIE CURIE, illus by Jen Hill, ON A SUMMER NIGHT, illus by Kenard Pak, TRIM HELPS OUT and TRIM SAILS the STORM, illus by Kristy Caldwell, EVIDENCE! illustrated by Nik Henderson, and a nonfiction work called THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS. I'm delighted to say that Trim Helps Out, Trim Sails the Storm, On a Summer Night and Evidence! are all Junior Library Guild selections.
I live and work in Oregon and travel all over to speak to young readers and writers.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
May 30, 2018
Set in Kansas during the 1850s. Third of a trilogy. Abby, “That book is just ok. It’s not a book that’s so good that I can’t go through life without reading it.” Her analysis is spot-on!
July 22, 2013
Papa is in danger for helping to rescue a free-state settler who was unjustly arrested by Kansas's proslavery sheriff. He has gone into hiding, and Momma and the Keller children are alone in their remote cabin while marauding border ruffians are roaming the countryside, looking for livestock to steal.
March 20, 2015
gr 2-4 64pgs
1850s, Kansas. Charlie and his family find themselves caught in the middle as tensions mount between the pro and anti slavery groups. Charlie's father must go into hiding while Charlie and his mother and siblings must find a way to help Lizie, escaped slave, reach Canada.
good conclusion to the trilogy.
1850s, Kansas. Charlie and his family find themselves caught in the middle as tensions mount between the pro and anti slavery groups. Charlie's father must go into hiding while Charlie and his mother and siblings must find a way to help Lizie, escaped slave, reach Canada.
good conclusion to the trilogy.
June 26, 2010
It was a very talented book!
March 27, 2016
Book Three of the Trilogy
We loved these. We read shortly after moving to Kansas. I am so proud of this state for it's anti-slavery stance even before the civil war.
We loved these. We read shortly after moving to Kansas. I am so proud of this state for it's anti-slavery stance even before the civil war.
August 20, 2025
Hate-filled people are angry people who use destruction and harm to get their way. This story told of those who oppose such nastiness by showing compassion and love.
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