Author | Shane W. Evans |
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Illustrator | Shane W. Evans |
Cover artist | Evans |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | children's books picture books |
Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
Publication date | January 18, 2011 |
Awards | Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators |
ISBN | 9781596435384 |
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.