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	Title: Stealing South Author: Katherine Ayres Publisher: Delacorte, 2001 ISBN: 038572912X Ages: 9-12 Summary: Sixteen year old, Will Spencer gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to go to Kentucky to steal two slaves. He is to help them reach their brother in Canada. Will discovers that people are not always what they seem and that it's not always easy to tell right from wrong. Author Information: Katherine Ayres Book Information and Discussion Questions: Lesson Plan
	Title: Steal Away Home Author: Lois Ruby Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1994 ISBN: 0689824351 Ages: 9-12 Summary: This book has two parallel stories. We learn about a Quaker family in Kansas in the late 1850's who operate a station on the Underground Railroad. Almost 150 years later, twelve-year-old Dana moves into the same house and finds the skeleton of a black woman who helped the Quakers. Author Information: Lois Ruby Book Information and Discussion Questions: Discussion Guide 1, Discussion Guide 2 Ideas: Soon Be Free is by the same author.
	Title: North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad Author: Katherine Ayres Publisher: Yearling, 2000 (reprint edition) ISBN: 044022747X Ages: 9-12 Summary: Lucinda Spencer is a farm girl who lives in Ohio. She has been helping her parents with the Underground Railroad since age 12. This is just a fun adventure until she is asked to move away from her family. Helping the escaping slaves will put her in danger. Author Information: Katherine Ayres Book Information: Teacher's Guide
	Title: Under the Quilt of the Night Author: Deborah Hopkinson Publisher: Atheneum, 2002 ISBN: 0689822278 Ages: 4-8 Summary: This book follows the journey of a young slave girl on her journey to freedom in Canada. Author Information: Deborah Hopkinson Ideas: Use this for lower level readers or as read-aloud. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt is by the same author.
	Title: Follow the Drinking Gourd Author: Jeanette Winter Publisher: Knopf, 1992 ISBN: 0679819975 Ages: 3-8 Summary: This Reading Rainbow book is based on an American folktale. The story follows runaway slaves who use a song to guide them to the Ohio River and the Underground Railroad. Book Information: NASA (explains the constellations), Teacher's Guide, Ideas: This is a good alternative for low ability readers. Connect this with a unit on the constellations. There is also an audio tape and video available.
	Title: The Secret to Freedom Author: Marcia Vaughan Illustrator: Larry Johnson Publisher: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2001 Ages: Grades 8-12 Summary: A young girl's great-aunt tells the story of a ragged family quilt. Explore how quilt patterns help provide information to slaves traveling the Underground Railroad.
	Books at Same Level Bright Freedom's Song : A Story of the Underground Railroad by Gloria Houston Choosing Up Sides by John H. Ritter Dear Austin : Letters from the Underground Railroad by Elvira Woodruff Escape from Slavery : Five Journeys to Freedom by Doreen Rappaport Freedom Crossing by Margaret Goff Clark Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad by Jim Haskins Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry Journey to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Courtni C. Wright The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad by Barbara Greenwood North Star to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad by Gena K. Gorrell Soon Be Free by Lois Ruby Stealing Freedom by Elisa Lynn Carbone The Story of Harriet Tubman, Conductor of the Underground Railroad by Kate H. McMullan True North: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by Kathryn Lasky The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial (Photographer)
	Books at Lower Levels Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad by Marlene Targ Brill Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad by Pamela Duncan Edwards Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
	Books at Higher Levels 'Dear Friend' Thomas Garrett & William Still: Collaborators on the Underground Railroad by Judith Bentley The Last Safe House by Barbara Greenwood