Prolific author Lois Walfrid Johnson releases her Freedom Seekers series, a historical fiction series for young readers about three children who face the danger of the Underground Railroad while living on a steamboat in 1857.

Escape Into the Night (book 1) introduces the captain’s daughter (Libby), the runaway slave (Jordan), and the cabin boy (Caleb). Libby comes to live on her father’s steamboat where she makes friends with the cabin boy. Caleb has a secret that involves her father. When she discovers Jordan, she uncovers Caleb’s tie with the Underground Railroad. As slave catchers pursue Jordan, Libby must make a decision where she stands.