Product Description

In "Message in the Sky", Corey begins attending school, and his family, along with his friend, Mingo, are living well in Canada, where they've built their own farm. But, the Birdsongs cannot let go of the memories of their friends left behind in America. Corey and Mingo hatch a plan to help Aunt Queen, Mingo's adopted mother, escape, but Corey's parents forbid it, and start saving money to buy her freedom, instead. However, when Corey accidentally ends up on the American side of the Ohio River, he finds himself a conductor on the Underground Railroad!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #495672 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

Message in the sky
We are the upper cats. This is a magnificent book. This is about a kid named Corey. He escaped from slavery. He lives on a farm in Amherstburg,Canada. Corey has four pigeons he races with and Just
( the pigeon ) always wins. Corey got a job on a ferry boat called the Pearl. He went to Michigan twice. When he went to Ohio he got stuck there and found Gladys and her mother. When he got back to his house his mom was so delighted to see her son. Christmas came. Read the rest of the book to find out what happens.

Message in the Sky
This story is about a boy named Corey Birdsong. He ecaped
from slavery and is living in Canada with his mom, dad, little sister, and his friend Mingo.He finds four pigeons and they become friends. He begs his mom for a job but she says not until school is out for the summer. So school ends and the captain of the Pearl asks him to swab the deck and unload packages after he makes a trip. Then the captain asked him to go to Michigan with him, but his mom said no. He went anyway. He gets left behind and saves some people. He gets back but to find out how you should read the book.

An Exciting Story of Bavery
This is book three of Corey's Underground Railroad Diary. It is an exciting tale of how Corey is left in Michigan and finds two slaves who he helps get into Canada. Corey also hatches a plan to save his friend Queen from slavery. Found out how this story unfolds but reading Message in the Sky.