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Jump Ship to Freedom By James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

A young boy who is a slave in Connecticut has earned the money to buy his freedom and the promise of his owner that it will be honored, but his master dies and plans change quickly. He is sent to the West Indies on a ship. He makes plans to jump and encounters terrible problems along the way.

The book is realistic fiction and was written for ages 10-15.

The challenges to the story center on racism, offensive language and violence which may raise awareness.

This book was challenged at the Nathan Hale Middle School in Crestwood, IL in 1996 because it "was damaging to the self-esteem of young black students"(Sollonor 2003).

With nearly 100 ratings, //Jump Ship to Freedom// has four out of five stars on the rating scale. I believe this means that the general public supports this book (Goodreads. 2012).

Goodreads. (2012). Jump ship to freedom. //Goodreads.com.// Retrieved from [] on June 18th, 2012.

Solonor. (2003). Jump ship to freedom. //Solonor.com.// Retrieved from [] on June 18th, 2012.