Underground by Shane Evans

2011/32 pgs

About the Book: A picture book telling a slaves journey on the underground railroad.

Sarah Teenlibrarian Says: The beauty and power of this book come not from the text, but the reliance of the text on the pictures. The text itself is very simplistic (the fear...we run) and it's the pictures that tell the story of what is happening.

The artwork is beautiful. The story slowly turns from dark to light as the slaves make their escape, with light shining when they have reached freedom.

While it's not a picture book on the underground railroad that will give a lot of facts, it does make a good introduction to the subject, especially for young readers.