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Title
Nightjohn / Gary Paulsen.
Author
Alternate Title
Night John.
ISBN
9780385308380
0385308388
9780440219361
0440219361
0385308388
9780440219361
0440219361
Published
New York : Delacorte Press, [1993]
Copyright
©1993
Language
English
Description
92 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
YA PZ7.P2843 Nj 1993
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
Summary
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.
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