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In this third volume of the "Forging a Nation" series, eighteen-year-old Charlotte sails from Canada to Charleston in the beleaguered Thirteen Colonies to join her new husband Nick. During these final months of the American Revolution, she must muster all her wit and courage when she has to rescue Nick from being tortured as a spy in an alligator-infested South Carolina swamp. She must also find ways to bring freedom to a pair of teenage runaway slaves she has befriended. Freedom Bound delivers a frank and realistic picture of the slave system and a powerful account of what was at stake for both white and black Loyalists as they prepared to find a new home in the country that was soon to be Canada. Like The Way Lies North and Broken Trail, the two novels that preceded it, Freedom Bound contains a wealth of carefully researched historical details of one of the least known chapters of our history.
Contributor Notes
Jean Rae Baxter writes both for an adult general audience and for young adults. Hope's Journey is the fifth volume in the "Forging a Nation" series about the United Empire Loyalist experience. The Way Lies North (2007) won the Arts Hamilton Award for a young adult book and was nominated for the Red Maple and Stellar awards. Broken Trail (2011) won the Gold Medal in the Moonbeam Awards, as did Freedom Bound (2012). The White Oneida (2014) received stellar reviews. Jean Rae Baxter sat on Lit Live Reading Series organizing committee for ten years and served on the Arts Hamilton's Literary Advisory Committee for six years. Jean lives in Hamilton, Ontario.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 10 to 14
- Grade:
- 8
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Freedom Bound
When 18-year-old Charlotte arrives in Charleston to join her Loyalist husband, she discovers he has been sent on a spy mission and she is not expected. She finds lodging with a Quaker family where she meets runaway slaves, slave catchers and a deserting soldier. When her husband is captured she disguises herself as a young man and braves swamps, alligators, ruffians and rebels to free him. Charlotte’s adventures trace the final months of the American Revolution and the establishment of Loyalist communities in Canada.
This is the third novel about Charlotte and this time period. Both of the previous novels, The Way Lies North and Broken Trail, have won awards.
Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2012-2013.
