Frederick Douglass: Freedom Fighter is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.9 and Literacy.L.2.2a. The amazing life of Frederick Douglass is presented to readers in an exciting, compelling way–from his time as slave to his escape and his work as one of America’s most famous abolitionists, with full-page photographs and illustrations accompanied by narrative nonfiction text. This book includes a timeline of Douglass’ life. This book should be paired with The Life of Frederick Douglass (9781477723487) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.