The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center is honored to host the official book launch of Jerdine Nolen’s first novel and latest book, Eliza’s Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary.
Jerdine Nolen’s first novel and latest book, Eliza’s Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary, is geared towards readers’ ages 8 – 12 years old. This historical fiction book written in a diary format tells the story of a 12-year-old slave girl named Eliza and her journey to freedom.
Jerdine Nolen notes, “This story draws much of its inspiration from a constant theme in human experience: the act of traveling to go to a better way of life.”
Jerdine Nolen is an award-winning children’s author and former elementary school teacher from Ellicott City, MD. She is the author of numerous picture books. Her best-known books include Raising Dragons, illustrated by Elise Primavera, Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm, illustrated by Mark Buehner, and Plantzilla, illustrated by David Catrow. She and Kadir Nelson collaborated on both Thunder Rose and Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life.
This meet-and-greet and book signing event will take place at the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center located at 39 West Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, January 22. This event is free to the public.
Copies of Eliza’s Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary will be available for purchase at this special event.
The event is co-sponsored by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, the Girl Scouts, and WomenTalk Live. For more information on this event, call 410-767-0675 or visit the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center website at http://www.mdwomensheritagecenter.org/.
The first comprehensive state-based center and museum of its kind in the nation, the mission of the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center is to preserve the past, understand the present, and shape the future by recognizing, respecting, and transmitting the experiences and contributions of Maryland women and girls of diverse backgrounds and regions.