Paterson, Katherine Jip, his story / Katherine Paterson. - New York : Dutton's Children's Books, 1996. - 181p. While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place. ISBN: 0525675434 LCCN: 96-2680 Subjects--Topical Terms: Identity--FictionFugitive slaves--FictionSlavery--FictionAfro-Americans--Fiction