Smucker, Barbara. Underground to Canada. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1978. A Puffin Book.
Illustrations by Imre Hofbauer.

The journey of two young girls escaping slavery along the Underground Railroad. Winner of the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize.

Reprinted by permission of Penguin Books Canada Ltd.

Smucker, Barbara. Les Chemins secrets de la liberté. [Paris]: Castor Poche Flammarion, 1982.
Translation from the English by Paule Daveluy. Illustrations by Yves Beaujard.

When writing her historical fiction novels, Barbara Smucker places herself in her main character's shoes, wondering how it would feel to be a child in that particular place and time.

With permission of Éditions Flammarion, the author, Barbara Smucker, and the illustrator, Anne Buguet.