Aimed at 7-11 year olds, each book in the Sp arks series looks at a major event in British history throug h the eyes of fictional and real-life characters. The Runawa y Slave is a moving tale of a young slave who seeks freedom from his cruel master. '

 

This book features in the following series: Sparks, Sparks Series .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 63 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Hachette Children's Group .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Margaret Nash is an up-and-coming author of fiction and won the Silver Smarties Award in 1998. She lives in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire. Martin Remphry is a young illustrator with a growing reputation. Principally known for his black and white line work in series such as Sparks, he has enjoyed recent success with picture books such as When I was young. Martin lives in London.