Elevenyearold Elijah lives in Buxton Canada a settlement of runaway slavesnear the American border. Hes the first child in town to be born free and heought to b... » 

Elevenyearold Elijah lives in Buxton Canada a settlement of runaway slavesnear the American border. Hes the first child in town to be born free and heought to be famous just for that. Unfortunately all that most people see is afragile boy whos scared of snakes and talks too much. But everythingchanges when a former slave steals money from Elijahs friend who has beensaving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now its up to Elijahto track down the thiefand his dangerous journey just might make a hero outof him if only he can find the courage to get back home. «