When Martha is a little girl her parents are conductors on the Underground Railroad. One night they hide a slave girl who is about to have a baby. The baby is born but the slave girl dies. Because the baby is so light skinned Martha's parents decide to pass him off as a nephew that they have taken in.
Jake has some trouble fitting in an learning and Martha is mainly in charge of him. There is always the chance that someone will ask too many questions and when Jake is 7 a slave owner comes looking for him. Even though the family is able to legally keep the owner from taking Jake south, the owner decides to kidnap him. After a few months Martha decides to go south with the help of other abolitionists to get Jake back.
The book was pretty decent. There were some surprises and some good information about the Underground Railroad and the Fugitive Slave Act. There were some bits that would prevent me from having it in my particular library.
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