" This book was very different than what I expected. Henry Brown is who the story is based on, doesn't know how old he is. He is a slave, and slaves do not know what their birthdays are because no one keeps track or puts it on record. He is sadly taken away from his family and he ends up working in a warehouse. Henry ends up and marrying another slave and has three children. A horrible event occurs, when he watches his family get sold at a slave market. Henry then has an idea that he will ship himself to a place where there are no slaves. I was left a little confused, wondering what other events occurred. That is something I will never know, but I did enjoy reading this. I would read this to my class, if they were a little older, to share a true historical event with them. I never read this as a child, but it is unique compared to other books. Ellen Levine did a great job bringing the story back in a way a young reader could understand. "
— Sami, 2/5/2014