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Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom

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Underground
AuthorShane W. Evans
IllustratorShane W. Evans
Cover artistEvans
LanguageEnglish
Genrechildren's books
picture books
PublisherRoaring Brook Press
Publication date
January 18, 2011
Publication placeUnited States
AwardsCoretta Scott King Award for Illustrators
ISBN9781596435384

Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans. It was published by Roaring Brook Press in 2011 and received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators in 2012.[1] The book depicts a 19th-century African-American family of slaves as they escape from a plantation and navigate the Underground Railroad to freedom.

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