When the Sun Goes Down

July and her big sister hold onto the last bits of hope for freedom as they navigate the darkness of night, guided only by their songs and the North Star. With Mississippi far behind them and slave hunters on their tails, they've now found themselves hiding out near a safe house somewhere along the Underground Railroad. Will the two sisters make it out of the slave South, or will they suffer a fate all too common in those days?

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