Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
Audiobook5 hours
North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad
Written by Katherine Ayres
Narrated by Christina Moore
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Wild Canada geese. That's what 16-year-old Lucy Spencer and her family call the runaway slaves who ocassionally hide in their Ohio home. But when Lucy becomes involved in a daring rescue attempt, she learns the ultimate meaning of sacrifice. Popular young adult novelist and author of The Family Tree, Katherine Ayres takes readers back in time for an adventure of great courage and compassion.
Author
Katherine Ayres
Katherine Ayres writes fiction and nonfiction for all ages and teaches writing to graduate students at Chatham University. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and when not writing or teaching, she loves to walk, hike, kayak, spend time with kids, knit, and keep watching for bears. Visit her at www.katherineayres.com.
Related to North by Night
Related audiobooks
Harriet Tubman Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chasing Freedom: The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pudd'nhead Wilson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Steal Away Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5New Chronicles of Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Uncle Tom's Cabin Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Narrative of Sojourner Truth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Underground Railroad, Part 5 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tubman Command: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Up From Slavery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Underground Railroad, Part 4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHis Big Opportunity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Underground Railroad, Part 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIsland Queen Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Education of Mary: A Little Miss of Color, 1832 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Up From Slavery An Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sugar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trouble Don't Last Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Family Apart Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Underground Railroad, Part 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Road to Paris Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Underground Railroad, Part 1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Children's Historical For You
Refugee Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little House on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ground Zero Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Iceberg Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Allies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Heir (The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 1) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little House in the Big Woods Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Farmer Boy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne of Green Gables Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine (National Book Award Finalist) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On the Banks of Plum Creek Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hitler's Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World's Most Notorious Dictator Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Long Winter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Night Divided Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The First Four Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Arithmetic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5By the Shores of Silver Lake Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Edge of Anarchy: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Do You Live? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Boy on the Wooden Box Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Little Town on the Prairie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Place to Hang the Moon Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Words on Fire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Making Bombs for Hitler: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Wednesday Wars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Resistance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inside Out & Back Again Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These Happy Golden Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Episode 8: Searching for Justice 0% found this document useful75: Reconstruction (Part 3): The Rise of the KKK and the First Black Men in Government 0% found this document usefulExposing Our ICKS, Worst Date Experiences & Relationship Red Flags 0% found this document usefulEp 773 | Phil Robertson Uncovers What the Bible Really Says About Divorce & Interrogates Siri 0% found this document useful4.04- Three Revolts: First the whites revolted. Then the free coloreds revolted. Then the slaves REALLY revolted. 100% found this document usefulThe History of Juneteenth 100% found this document usefulEp 763 | Governor Ron DeSantis on the LGBTQ Lobby, DEI, and Fatherhood 0% found this document usefulLynn Bruce on the Coming Advent Season 0% found this document usefulJill Duggar Exposes Her Family And Reality TV 0% found this document useful133 – The Great Gatsby: Zzz. . . snooze soundly to F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic tale "The Great Gatsby" zzzzz 0% found this document usefulOvercoming Miscarriage, Infertility & Near-Death Experiences with Ashley & Mike Lemieux 100% found this document usefulEllis Island 100% found this document usefulAmerica 2.0 0% found this document usefulEpisode 8: The Phantom Coach by Amelia Edwards 0% found this document useful
Related articles
The Kindertransport Children 80 Years On: 'We Thought We Were Going On An Adventure' The GuardianArticle
The Kindertransport Children 80 Years On: 'We Thought We Were Going On An Adventure'
Nov 6, 2018
5 min readMeet The Last Surviving Witness To The Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921 NPRArticle
Meet The Last Surviving Witness To The Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921
May 31, 2018
3 min read“What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?” History of WarArticle
“What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?”
Oct 1, 2020
1 min readNo Need for Thanks Manhattan InstituteArticle
No Need for Thanks
Mar 7, 2019
3 min readWashington’s Other Woman American HistoryArticle
Washington’s Other Woman
Jan 22, 2019
6 min readA Haunting Texas Highways MagazineArticle
A Haunting
Aug 15, 2023
10 min readA Daring Escape From Slavery, And The Love Story Behind It The Christian Science MonitorArticle
A Daring Escape From Slavery, And The Love Story Behind It
Feb 13, 2023
This year marks the 175th anniversary of the escape to freedom of William and Ellen Craft, a married couple enslaved in Georgia. Devoted to each other and determined to start a family only once free, the duo devised a jaw-dropping plan to disguise th
3 min readGreat Read The Australian Women's WeeklyArticle
Great Read
Apr 19, 2023
7 min readSecret Society Adirondack LifeArticle
Secret Society
Mar 30, 2023
5 min readTravels With Cleo Texas Highways MagazineArticle
Travels With Cleo
Jan 27, 2022
9 min readNot Everything Turns to Gold Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
Not Everything Turns to Gold
Oct 2, 2018
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “When I am in California, I am not in the West, I am west of the West.” The Rough Rider’s koan has been widely viewed as a celebration of the limitless California adventure, but it’s also a reminder of the dizzying, vert
4 min readIlyon Woo's New Book Explores The Relentless Pursuit Of Freedom NPRArticle
Ilyon Woo's New Book Explores The Relentless Pursuit Of Freedom
Jan 24, 2023
3 min readThe Man Who Became Uncle Tom The AtlanticArticle
The Man Who Became Uncle Tom
Sep 8, 2023
22 min read‘Call yourself English?’ New InternationalistArticle
‘Call yourself English?’
Aug 21, 2019
19 min readBravehearted Women Cowboys & IndiansArticle
Bravehearted Women
Aug 29, 2023
7 min readTales From The Countryside Horse & HoundArticle
Tales From The Countryside
Dec 14, 2023
7 min readSouthern Stand Garden & GunArticle
Southern Stand
Mar 16, 2020
5 min readMurder in Hope Falls Adirondack LifeArticle
Murder in Hope Falls
Mar 31, 2022
7 min readHunter Valley ancestors TracesArticle
Hunter Valley ancestors
Apr 12, 2023
3 min readThe best bad things Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
The best bad things
Sep 29, 2020
12 min readOur rebellious Heroes! that's lifeArticle
Our rebellious Heroes!
Dec 21, 2023
3 min readA Gift Poets & WritersArticle
A Gift
Aug 14, 2019
13 min readIndianola, Onward Texas Highways MagazineArticle
Indianola, Onward
May 14, 2019
11 min readEroded Tropes and Fears and Consequences: The Millions Interviews Alyson Hagy The MillionsArticle
Eroded Tropes and Fears and Consequences: The Millions Interviews Alyson Hagy
Sep 28, 2018
It’s been 18 years since Alyson Hagy and I both won a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Nested within the list of grantees was a scattering of addresses. I wrote to Alyson. She answered. We’ve seen each other just twice in all these yea
8 min readKathleen Kent And Laird Hunt On Witches And Wickedness In American History And Literature The MillionsArticle
Kathleen Kent And Laird Hunt On Witches And Wickedness In American History And Literature
Oct 17, 2018
The concept of the witch has figured prominently, not only in American history but in American literature as well. From Cotton Mather’s cautionary essays to Nathaniel Hawthorne to Arthur Miller, readers have been held in thrall by accounts of accused
8 min readThe Story Of A Slave State, A Free State, And The River Separating Them Literary HubArticle
The Story Of A Slave State, A Free State, And The River Separating Them
Jan 25, 2019
5 min readWhy Do We Fear Wolves? Literary HubArticle
Why Do We Fear Wolves?
Dec 12, 2017
9 min readThe Modest Man Shooting GazetteArticle
The Modest Man
Oct 17, 2019
5 min readLetters Who Do You Think You Are?Article
Letters
Feb 9, 2021
6 min readThe Way Home TIMEArticle
The Way Home
Feb 4, 2022
7 min read
Reviews for North by Night
Rating: 3.678571517857143 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
28 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5North by Night is the story of Lucy Sepncer, a young woman of 16 years old, who for the last four years has been helping, with her family, fugitive slaves escape to Canada. Lucy is asked to help care for a family of runaway slaves in a neighbour's attic, one of which is pregnant and very sick, Cass. Despite warnings from her family, Lucy develops a friendship with Cass and teaches her how to write. When tragedy strikes Lucy has to make a difficult decision that may result in great loss. Themes throughout the book include independence, friendship, slavery, love, sacrifice, and death.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This book proved to be a page turner. Will Spencer has promised a friend (a runaway slave) that he will go to Kentucky to rescue his friend’s siblings from his owner. In the process, he meets slave-owners who are nice to him, and make him question the morality of his actions (is it ok to steal from them after they had been kind and generous to him?) The characters come to life in this novel from the perspective of a Caucasian boy helping his runaway friend.