Escape: A Story of America's Underground Railroad

While on a visit to the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Insitution, Emma finds herself going back in time where, as a runaway slave, she uses the Underground Railroad to make her way to Canada. Children's Literature - Karen Leggett In the full-page, full-color illustrations, it is especially worth noticing the powerful expressions of weariness and wariness, joy and fear. Eric Velasquez' paintings vividly capture the experience of being lowered into a well for hiding and worrying that slave trackers might hear a sound and remove the well cover.