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EPISODE · May 30, 2026 · 12 MIN

What would you risk at twelve years old to help a friend reach freedom?

from The Spotlight Network · host Logan Crawford

📺 Tune into The Spotlight Network with Emmy Award Winner, broadcaster and actor Logan Crawford (Blood Bloods, The Blacklist, Manifest, Bull, The Irishman, Marry Me, Three Women, The Big Short, Person of Interest, Gotham, The Following, Daredevil, Not Okay, The First Purge ).🌙 What would you risk at twelve years old to help a friend reach freedom?In Come Run with Me, Polly, a preacher’s daughter in western Iowa, lives in a home that secretly serves as a stop on the Underground Railroad. When Hattie, a runaway slave her own age, arrives sick with the “ague,” an unexpected friendship begins — one that quickly deepens into loyalty and courage.🚂 As Hattie prepares to continue north, Polly refuses to let her go alone. With her family’s help, the girls travel by night and hide by day, crossing the Mississippi River in total darkness and facing eerie safe houses along the way. Polly must confront her deepest fears — even her terror of bridges — as the journey grows more dangerous.🌊 When they finally reach the Canadian border, freedom comes with heartbreak. Polly must turn back.Can friendship survive distance, danger, and sacrifice?✨ A powerful story of bravery, faith, and the bonds that change us forever.#authorinterview #TheSpotlightNetwork #historicalfiction #UndergroundRailroad #youngreaders #friendship #courage #newbooks📖 Learn more:https://www.amazon.com/Come-Run-Me-Kathleen-Olson/dp/B0FX3K82ZN/ ✅ Visit the official website: https://thespotlight.network/💬 Let us know what you think of this video in the comment section below.✔️ And don’t forget to subscribe to The Spotlight Network!https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpotlightNetwork?sub_confirmation=1

📺 Tune into The Spotlight Network with Emmy Award Winner, broadcaster and actor Logan Crawford (Blood Bloods, The Blacklist, Manifest, Bull, The Irishman, Marry Me, Three Women, The Big Short, Person of Interest, Gotham, The Following, Daredevil, Not Okay, The First Purge ).🌙 What would you risk at twelve years old to help a friend reach freedom?In Come Run with Me, Polly, a preacher’s daughter in western Iowa, lives in a home that secretly serves as a stop on the Underground Railroad. When Hattie, a runaway slave her own age, arrives sick with the “ague,” an unexpected friendship begins — one that quickly deepens into loyalty and courage.🚂 As Hattie prepares to continue north, Polly refuses to let her go alone. With her family’s help, the girls travel by night and hide by day, crossing the Mississippi River in total darkness and facing eerie safe houses along the way. Polly must confront her deepest fears — even her terror of bridges — as the journey grows more dangerous.🌊 When they finally reach the Canadian border, freedom comes with heartbreak. Polly must turn back.Can friendship survive distance, danger, and sacrifice?✨ A powerful story of bravery, faith, and the bonds that change us forever.#authorinterview #TheSpotlightNetwork #historicalfiction #UndergroundRailroad #youngreaders #friendship #courage #newbooks📖 Learn more:https://www.amazon.com/Come-Run-Me-Kathleen-Olson/dp/B0FX3K82ZN/ ✅ Visit the official website: https://thespotlight.network/💬 Let us know what you think of this video in the comment section below.✔️ And don’t forget to subscribe to The Spotlight Network!https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpotlightNetwork?sub_confirmation=1

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