Paterson, Katherine Jip : his story - New York : Scholastic, 1999 - 181 p. While living on a Vermont poor farm during 1855 and 1856, Jip learns his identity and that of his mother and comes to understand how he arrived at this place ISBN: 0439060737 Subjects--Topical Terms: Children's storiesFugitive slaves--Juvenile fictionSlavery--Juvenile fiction