47
by:
Walter Mosley (author)
Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up underthe watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious TallJohn, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him themeaning of freedom.
Number 47, a fourteen-year-old slave boy growing up underthe watchful eye of a brutal master in 1832, meets the mysterious TallJohn, who introduces him to a magical science and also teaches him themeaning of freedom.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316016353 (0316016357)
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Teen,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
African American
Apparently this is considered youth fiction because the protagonist is a youth. The story is a sort of fairly tale that deals with the lives of slaves in the south about thirty years before the Civil War. #47 is a young slave. Slaves, not being real people, didn't need real names. #47 eventually run...
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