The Pox party

The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation -- v. 1

by Matthew Tobin Anderson

351 pages

English language

Published Nov. 14, 2006 by Candlewick Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-7636-2402-6
OCLC Number:: 64390636

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.

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4 stars

Loved this up until the end, when it gets a little Hollywood for me.

Subjects

Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile fiction
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
Massachusetts -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction