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The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing : traitor to the nation : taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources. Vol. 1, The Pox party
Audience Teens 14-17 years
Published 2008 by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass.
ISBN 9780763636791
Bib Id 1372089
Copyright 2006
Description 353 p. ; 20 cm.
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02627cam a2200565Ia 4500
ISBN
9780763636791 (pbk.) : $11.00
0763636797
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FIC Anderson
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Title
The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing : traitor to the nation : taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources. Vol. 1, The Pox party
Varying Form of Title
Pox party
Copyright Date
2006
Description
353 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents
Transit of Venus -- Pox party -- Liberty & property -- Great chain of being.
Summary
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
Awards
National Book Award, 2006.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
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Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction
Historical fiction
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