The Night I Freed John Brown

Winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young People

Recommended by USA Today for Black History Month as "a blend of history and suspense."

In this novel for young adults, Josh knows there is something about the tall Victorian House on the Harpers Ferry Hill, the one his father grew up in, that he can’t quite put his finger on. And his impossible father won’t give him any clues. He’s hiding something.

And then there’s the famous John Brown. The one who all the tourists come to hear ab...