On his eighteenth birthday in 1850, Jonah Williams makes a desperate choice: escape the South Carolina plantation where he was born into slavery. With only a few stolen coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back, he heads north, guided by a star and the hope of freedom.
Traveling barefoot and without a map, Jonah hides by day and runs by night, evading slave catchers and bounty hunters at every turn. Unbeknownst to him, Angel, a fellow slave with a fierce spirit, follows close behind. She sees in Jonah her own chance to escape.
In Chasing the North Star, Robert Morgan delivers a gripping, historically rich tale of courage, danger, and the unbreakable will to be free.
