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Title: Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
Author: Taylor, Candacy
Publisher: Amulet
Category: Young Adult Nonfiction
Binding: Paperback
Subject: People & Places
Collection: Social Situations Books for Children
Reading Age: 10 - 12 years
No. Of Pages: 320 pages
Langauage: English
ISBN-13: 9781534409002
# Amazon Reviews: 92
Amazon Ranking Category 1: Biographies of Women for Young Adults
Amazon Ranking Category 2: Young Adult Nonfiction on Prejudice
Amazon Ranking Category 3: Women's Biographies