Title: Elijah of Buxton

Author: Christopher Paul Curtis

Pages:341

Blog post #3







The book Elijah of Buxton is about a boy named Elijah who is the first child in the Settlement of Buxton in Canada who was born free of slavery. He is very fragile and scared of things like snakes. His mom does not like him being so fragile, so every time he acts it, she teaches him a lesson. Elijah has a best friend called Cooter. They go to the same school and have a teacher called Mr. Travis who tends to act crazy and is not popular among students.

A quote I would like to add: " How many times I got to tell you, a coward die a thousand deaths, a brave boy don't die but once?"
I chose this quote because it describes how fragile his mother thinks he is and how much she doesn't like that he is fragile.