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Overground Railroad

Lesa Cline-Ransome

Illustrator: James Ransome

Ages: 9+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Holiday House

ISBN: 978-0-8234-3873-0

Keywords: Read-Aloud; Picture Books for Older Readers; Diversity; African Americans; Great Migration

Eloquent text and evocative watercolor and pencil illustrations capture the hopes and tribulations of a Black family migrating north in 1930s America.