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Armstrong, Jennifer
STEAL AWAY
New York : Orchard Books, 1992.
IL YA .
ISBN 0590469215
Mary Emmons' grandmother takes her on a mysterious trip to Toronto. While there, Mary is taken to the home of Bethlehem, an elderly African American woman who her grandmother knows from years ago. Susannah, the grandmother, and Bethlehem shared a life forty years ago in the South. As they tell their story, it is up to Mary to record their words. Join Mary as she discovers the life shared by these two elderly women.
SUBJECTS:     Slavery -- Fiction
                        African Americans -- Fiction
                        Underground railroad -- Fiction
                        Grandmothers -- Fiction

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