Summary

"Thirteen-year-old Phoebe, born a slave on an Alabama cotton plantation has a powerful dream that fills her with light--a dream about flying to "the freedom place." Her mother tells her that "dreamin' leads to trouble," but Phoebe decides to follow her vision and, joined by another girl named Liney, and Liney's two children, flees the plantation. A series of harrowing adventures for the two young women search for the Underground Railroad and a conductor who will guide them to freedom in Canada." (Novelist Review)