I Can Read Books: Level 3: The Drinking Gourd : A Story of the Underground Railroad (Hardcover)

A quick-witted young boy helps an escaping slave family follow the "drinking gourd"--the Big Dipper--along the Underground Railroad to freedom. "An exciting and moving adventure story for beginning readers."--"Booklist." ALA Notable Children's Books 1940-1970. The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party -- or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed?