North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad

6 best books like North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad (Katherine Ayres): Hailstones and Halibut Bones, Underground to Canada, The Root Cellar, Steal Away Home, Commotion in the Ocean (Picture Books), Curious George's Dinosaur Discovery

Hailstones and Halibut Bones

Author	Mary O'Neill
ISBN	0385079117

These poems were okay (except for using "an Indian" as an example of the color Red. C'mon O'Neill, even leaving political correctness aside Native Americans are not actually carmine). They didn't do much for me, but I see many people really liked them, so ymmv.

I had the 1989 reissue with illustrations...

Underground to Canada

Author	Barbara Smucker
ISBN	0141306866

Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave trader’s wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend...

The Root Cellar

Author	Janet Lunn
ISBN	0140318356

This is another wonderful orphan story and time travel story.

It reminded me of many other books including Time At The Top, The Twins at Thatchem Quickett, A Long Way to Go, Homecoming, and The Secret Garden (mentioned in the book); all are books I’ve enjoyed.

I love that these people...

Steal Away Home

Author	Lois Ruby
ISBN	0689824351

When Dana uncovers a skeleton hidden in the wall of her home, she also uncovers a dark secret that stretches back years.

When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family’s old house, she’s unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room—containing...

Commotion in the Ocean (Picture Books)

Author

Giles Andreae

I finished reading “Commotion in the Ocean” by Giles Andreae. This book is about many of the animals that live in the ocean, and that live around the ocean. It talks about all of the fish, the ones that live in shallow waters, all the way to the ones that live in deep sea at the bottom of the ocean. This book...

Curious George's Dinosaur Discovery

Author	Margret Rey
ISBN	0618663770

The genre of this book is a picture book intended for the age of 4 to 6 year olds. The book details the adventures of Curious George when he is digging for dinosaur bones with scientists from the museum. George becomes curious, accidentally causes a rockslide, and as a result, he uncovers dinosaur bones....