TITLE: Unspoken: A Story from the Underground
Railroad
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Henry Cole
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press PUBLICATION
DATE: 2012
AWARDS: Publishers
Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2012, Picture Books; SLJ Best Children’s Book 2012, Picture Books; ALSC 2013 Notable
Children’s Books, Middle Readers
GENRE: Wordless Picture Book READING
LEVEL:
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A girl discovers a slave behind the barn
of their cornfield. The slave is startled and the little girl decides to help.
The girl helps by giving the boy food and soon the slave goes on his way but
leaves a token of his appreciation behind, a doll.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will learn about when it is good
to help and when it is not. Students will work in groups and sort through
various scenarios to help build their moral conscience
REVIEWER’S NAME &
AFFILIATION: Anika Perry, Valdosta
State University
