Biblio Files: talking about books

Run Away Home by Patricia C. McKissackWhen Sarah Jane Crossman and her father watch an unexpected train stop in their town, they find that the train is carrying Apaches to a reservation. Sarah Jane sees one of the Apache boys jump off the train and run away. Remembering her father's tale of spies on the plantation, she doesn't report the runaway Apache. When the boy, whose name is Sky, turns up in the Crossman's barn, they get permission to keep the boy with them until he returns to health.
This story has its basis in the family history of McKissack, and the dedication reads: Remembering Abraham Crossley, the Sky in our family.This book is a triumphant story of how the hateful white authorites were defeated.
Happy reading.