by Alex Haley
First published 1988
Southerner Fletcher Randall is a Princeton student in 1855 when he meets a group of Quaker abolitionists. Drawn to their cause, Fletcher conspires with a gifted slave named Harpin' John to orchestrate a daring Christmas Eve escape on the Underground Railroad. With the stakes high and their families against them, the two men from vastly different worlds must overcome their own doubts and dangers to fight for freedom.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Princeton
Period: 1855
101 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: slavery