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Bright Cameron has always been taught that freedom is a person's most precious right.

After all, Papa came to America as a poor indentured worker from Scotland and he toiled for years until his friend Marcus, a slave, helped him to freedom. But for Bright, slavery has always been something she has only heard about.

Then she discovers that Mama and Papa are hiding runaway slaves in a hidden compartment of Papa's wagon and boarding them in the barn.

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Soon Bright, too, becomes involved in her family's secret world. One night, when Papa falls ill, Bright discovers how dear freedom truly is--and what price it exacts from those who must struggle for it.

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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8-At the age of six, Bright Cameron sees what she believes is a "devil" in the hen house.

This devil turns out to be Marcus, an escaped slave who is her father's friend. As the girl grows up