Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky

40 Pages·1992·8.359 MB·English

by  Faith Ringgold

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This book is dedicated to my bigsister, Barbara Knight. She was never afraid ofanything. She'rs^no longer
alive, but herspirit is. Barbara would have taken a ride on Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the
Sky, and I would havefollowed her blindly, in mortalfear ofgoing home without her.
ThankstomydaughterBarbara Wallace fortheresearchonHarriet Tubmanthatappearsin thisbook.AndtoJanet Schulman, mypublisher
at Crown,forsuggestingHarriet Tubman asthesubjectforasecondbook. ItisjustexactlywhatIwantedtodo.And toSimonBoughton,
myeditor,forbelievingitcouldfly.
©
Copyright 1992byFaith Ringgold
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,or
byanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.PublishedbyCrownPublishers,Inc.,aRandomHousecompany,
225 Parl(AvenueSouth, NewYork,NewYork 10003.CROWN isatrademarkofCrownPublishers,Inc.ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
LibraryofCongressCatalogtng-lnPubllatloriData
Ringgold,Faith
AuntHarriet'sundergroundrailroadinthesky/FaithRinggold.
p. cm.
Summary:WithHarrietTubmanasherguide,CassieretracesthestepsescapingslavestookontheUndergroundRailroadinordertoreunitewithher
youngerbrother.
1. Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913-Juvenile fiction. 2. Underground railroad—Juvenilefiction. |1. Tubman,Harriet, 1820?-1913-Fiction. 2. Underground
railroad—Fiction. 3.Brothersandsisters—Fiction. 4.Afro-Americans—Fiction.) I.Title. PZ7.R4726Au 1993 IE)—dc20 92-20072
ISBN0-51758767X(trade) 98765432
0-51758268A4iib.bdgj 10 1 Firstedition
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ne day, my baby brother Be Be and I were flying among the stars
way way up, so far up the mountains looked like pieces of rock
candy and the oceans like tiny cups of tea. We came across an old
ramshackled train in the sky.
A woman
tiny in a conductor's uniform appeared on the steps of the train and announced
the schedule:
"All aboard! All aboard! Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York,
Niagara Falls, Canada. All aboard! All aboard!"
Hundreds of bedraggled men, women, and children filled the sky and boarded the dusty
old wooden train. No one spoke. It was like watching a silent movie.
"Come
on, Cassie,"'Be Be said, jumping up on the train. "Let's take a ride."