Kite to freedom : the story of a kite-flying contest, the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, and the Underground Railroad / story by Kathleen A. Dinan ; illustrations by Iris M. Kirkwood.
In 1848 as construction begins on the first suspension bridge connecting the United States and Canada, friends Katie and Homan become winners of an important kite-flying contest testing the bridge's engineering, and they soon learn of its valuable link on the Underground Railroad helping slaves escape to freedom.
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