The Last Runaway: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier Paperback Book

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Rent The Last Runaway: A Novel

Author: Tracy Chevalier

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Plume Books

Published: Oct 2013

Genre: Fiction - Historical - General

Retail Price: $18.00

Ages: 18 - UP

Pages: 320

Synopsis

A powerful journey brimming with color and drama, The Last Runaway is New York Times bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's vivid exploration of an iconic chapter in American history. 

Ohio 1850. For a modest English Quaker stranded far from home, life is a trial. Untethered from the moment she leaves England, fleeing personal disappointment, Honor Bright is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in an alien, untamed landscape. Drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, Honor befriends two exceptional people who embody the startling power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal cost. 

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