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Underground to Canada By: Barbara Smucker Underground to Canada, by Barbara Smucker, is about a girl named Julilly who is trying to escape to Canada because of the slavery in the United States. On her way to Canada she also encounters some friends. In the beginning of the story, Julilly’s mom tells her about Canada and how she will be free as soon as she steps foot on the land. All the slaves heard news about a slave trader coming and that worried the slaves because it will split up their families. Julilly’s mom tells her she’ll meet her in Canada and to just follow the North Star to get to Canada. The most exciting part of this story was when Julilly and Liza go into this town looking for food by asking people, but this one woman points a gun a t Julilly face. They run and meet some other nice folks that give them food, water and let them take a bath. In the end of underground to Canada, Julilly and Liza get to Canada and see Lester again, and Lester has a little surprise for Julilly. When Julilly walks in the house she sees a big women standing in front of her. She notices that its mamma sally! She runs towards mamma sally in tears hugging her very tightly. Liza is very happy also that she finally has freedom. I really liked this book because it explained why slavery was very bad and pointless. If I had to read this again I probably would because it was a great book and I really enjoyed reading it last year. I would give this book a 8/10.