Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Themes
Synopsis
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.
Tags
Is Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3) (3) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 8 and up.
Parents should know this book addresses American slavery through a child-accessible lens with a time-traveling dog protagonist. It depicts the fear of family separation and the dangers of escape, but handles the serious historical subject matter appropriately for middle grade readers.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include child harm, slavery, and captivity (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Kids will enjoy following a heroic golden retriever through time as he helps a brave girl rescue her brother from slavery on the Underground Railroad.