TY - BOOK AU - Curtis,Christopher Paul TI - Elijah of Buxton SN - 9780439023443 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Press KW - Freedom KW - Fiction KW - Slavery KW - Blacks KW - Canada KW - North Buxton (Ont.) N2 - In 1860, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring justice to the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom ER -