My eight-year old son Daniel loves the Ranger in
Time series. Ranger is a time-traveling
golden retriever. He was trained as a
search and rescue dog, but his natural love of squirrels made it so that he
couldn’t complete and actually become a search and rescue dog. He finds a first aid kit buried in his back
yard and it transports him through time to help out kids.
In Long Road to Freedom, Ranger travels back to the
19th century to a Maryland Plantation. He meets two youngsters named Sarah and
Jesse. When Sarah discovered that Jesse
will be sold to the Deep South, she decides it is time for the two siblings to
escape to the north. Ranger is there to help the two travel safely along the
Underground Railroad, although they discover that even when they think they are
safe, they are not safe after all.
I enjoyed this novel and Daniel did as well. It tied in nicely with what he had been
learning in school about the Underground Railroad. He enjoyed the adventure while also
questioning a world that enslaved its people and forced these two children to
have such a perilous adventure. Daniel
also loves dogs so having a golden retriever as a protector and one of the main
characters really intrigued him. This is
a good adventure series for kids to keep them entertained while also learning
important history.
Book Source:
Daniel bought this book at his school’s Scholastic Book Fair.
This book sounds like a real winner, Laura! It also sounds like wonderful historical fiction. I'm glad you and Daniel enjoyed it.
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