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Answering the Cry for Freedom

2017 Carter G. Woodson Honor Book Winner!

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Now or Never!

"Absolutely stellar." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Bound by Ice

“Highly appealing narrative nonfiction for anyone who loves true adventure.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Flashlight Night

"...delicious language and ingenious metamorphoses... A rousing read.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Now or Never!

by Ray Anthony Shepard

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Flashlight Nigh...

by Matt Forrest Esenwine

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Bound by Ice

by Sandra Neil Wallace, by Rich Wallace

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Read, Read, Rea...

by Amy Ludwig Vanderwater

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Ray Anthony Shepard

Ray Anthony Shepard is the grandson of a slave and was the first African... Read More

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NOW OR NEVER! Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts...

*“Absolutely stellar.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Honesdale, Pennsylvania July 2017 -- Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, is pleased to announce the publication of NOW OR NEVER! Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry’s War to End Slavery, written by debut author Ray Anthony Shepard, a grandson of a slave. The title, also a Junior Library Guild main selection, will be published this October.