📖 peek insideThe Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
Cora is a young slave on a Georgia plantation who decides to escape for a chance at freedom. In this reimagined history, the Underground Railroad is a literal network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. As Cora travels from state to state, she encounters different versions of American life and the persistent shadow of a relentless slave catcher. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a powerful, surreal journey that examines the legacy of slavery and the indomitable human spirit's quest for liberty.
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