"Freedom's Wings" Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book 1

Having learned to read and write from his father, Corey Birdsong records in his diary his daily life as a slave on the Hart Farm. But when his father flees to the North, Corey's fate changes as he and his mother make the dangerous journey out of Kentucky into Ohio along the Underground Railroad.

A Children's Book Council Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies.

"...compelling, pulling readers along every dangerous step of the way....acknowledges the nameless men and women who believed in freedom enough to risk their lives to help others." School Library Journal

Scholastic, ISBN 0-439-14100-1.
Cover portrait by Glenn Harrington