Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

A fictionalized account of Harriet Tubman's real and spiritual journey North to freedom. Weatherford's prose flows like poetry. A foreword offers background information on slavery and the author's note at the end gives factual information about Tubman's life. Nelson's illustrations vary from hazy silhouettes to detailed scenes in a way that gracefully enhances the text. NCSOS tie-ins are at Second, Third and Eighth Grade Social Studies. There's enough sub-text here for it to be appropriate at all those grade levels, and even through high school. SLJ starred review.