@article{345779,
      author = {Paulsen, Gary.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/345779},
      title = {Nightjohn /},
      publisher = {Delacorte Press,},
      abstract = {Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes  even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to  teach her how to read. Sarny, a female slave at the Waller  plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there  with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. He  had escaped north to freedom, but he came back--came back  to teach reading. Knowing that the penalty for reading is  dismemberment Nightjohn still retumed to slavery to teach  others how to read. And twelve-year-old Sarny is willing to  take the risk to learn. Set in the 1850s, Gary Paulsen's  groundbreaking new novel is unlike anything else the  award-winning author has written. It is a meticulously  researched, historically accurate, and artistically crafted  portrayal of a grim time in our nation's past, brought to  light through the personal history of two unforgettable  characters.},
      recid = {345779},
      pages = {92 p. ;},
      address = {New York :},
      year = {1993},
}