Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3) [Paperback]

Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training. In this adventure, he goes to a Maryland plantation during the days of American slavery, where he meets a young girl named Sarah. When she learns that the owner has plans to sell her little brother, Jesse, to a plantation in the Deep South, it means they could be separated forever. Sarah takes their future into her own hands and decides there's only one way to run -- north.

Praise forRanger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail

This excellent story contains historical details, full-page illustrations, and enough action to keep even reluctant readers engaged. --School Library Journal

The third-person narration expertly balances Ranger's thoughts between the appropriately doglike (squirrels! bacon!) and the heroic (Ranger's drive to find and protect). --Kirkus Reviews

McMorris's richly rendered illustrations heighten the plot's many moments of danger and drama, and Messner incorporates a wealth of historical details into her rousing adventure story. --Publishers Weekly

Kate Messner is the author ofAll the Answers;The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z., winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers;Capture the Flag, an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner;Hide and Seek;Manhunt; and the Ranger in Time and Marty McGuire chapter book series. A former middle-school English teacher, Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and loves reading, walking in the woods, and traveling. Visit her online at www.katemessner.com.